Fallow Frames Biennial 2024

July 13 — 14, 2024
Ridgewood, Queens NY

2pm — 7pm

24 Empty Tree Beds - 25 Participating Artists

Ridgewood’s sidewalks have over 800 empty tree beds - or roughly one for every 90 residents.

The 2024 Fallow Frames Biennial was a public art festival that was held on July 13th and 14th, where local artists are invited to use 24 abandoned tree beds to stage site-specific installations and performances.

Visitors were invited to wander the neighborhood as active participants in a larger narrative of renewal and artistic expression - and to spark conversations about urban ecology and these small neglected patches of the city’s landscape.

We hope to see you at Fallow Frames Biennial 2026!

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Festival Map

Tree bed #13 @piedpiperpuppets
@fallowframesbiennial Recap

Murmuration: community care through creation and movement. Participants were invited to interact and play with a flock of handmade birds! Birds are messengers, symbols of hope, migration,

Tree bed #21
@fallowframesbiennial Recap
Day 1 @jude.tallichet

Jude Tallichet lives and works in Queens, NY. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as the Konsthallen in Gothenburg, Sweden, The Shanghai Biennial in China, T

Tree Bed #17
@shortstopgallery
Pictures 1 and 2 @fallowframesbiennial recap

Pictures 3 and 4 solo show @stephenstreetgallery featuring an appearance by @shortstopgallery that includes a miniature exhibition by Alexandra titled Sage Advice.

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Tree Bed #11 @chihirohihihi
@fallowframesbiennial 2024 Recap

NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE
Chihiro ITO is a painter/multidisciplinary artist.
He was born in Tokyo where studied painting at Musashino Art University, also he took a continuing education wr

Tree bed #15 @niceliportugal
@fallowframesbiennial 2024 recap

And don’t miss Niceli’s open studios this weekend together with her partner @neilconstantine
BX Spaces
203 Harrison Street
Brooklyn
11am - 7pm

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Tree Bed #10 @jacqgroves
Recap 2024 @fallowframesbiennial

Jacq’s project was installed on the recently cut down tree ring of a London plane tree. Driven by the destruction of this old, gigantic tree, Jacq handed out free risograph postcards

Tree bed #1 @t.bex
@fallowframesbiennial 2024 Recap

Beca Acosta is a Latinx Brooklyn-based Metal/Interactive Sculptor/Artist and Educator originally from Dallas, Texas. She exhibited most recently at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Metal Works and Washi

Tree bed #14 @pe1o1oca
@fallowframesbiennial Recap

HANDALA is a sculptural rendition of the 1969 drawing by political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, an image that has since become a ubiquitous protest symbol. Handala remains a perennial 10 year

Tree bed #5 @aleksandra_borovski

Alexandra Borovski’s “Object Library” is a collection of stacked compartment shelves containing various objects for visitors to observe, handle, and trade. Inspired by the randomness of free boxes

Tree Bed #20 This Place is a Message

TOWERS @studio.towers

In 1993, a report from Sandia National Laboratories provided the following message as an example of what long term nuclear warnings should evoke : “Sending this message was important

Tree Bed #6

@moofro and @ryanrcompton

Maureen Catbagan is a Pilipinx-American, multi-media artist based in New York whose work engages social collectivity and explores the intersections of immigration, labor, and visibility. Catbagan received thei

Tree bed #23

‘Badland with Stump’
Reclaimed plywood, wood glue

@alexander__zev ‘s site-specific work, Badland with Stump, is created from the refuse of local woodworkers. Its organic form contrasts the modern industrial processes

Tree Bed #4 @birdbirdbirdbirdbird

WHITE ELEPHANT, a collaboration between REBECCA BIRD and SALAMATA BA, began as a set piece for a production of The Lion King, directed by visionary movement teacher Aqila Norris (@soulworkstudio) at a Bed Stuy elem

Tree Bed #18 @elisabethsmolarz
Elisabeth installed a bee hotel and developed a pollinator garden in the empty frame. Additionally, she produced a 360-degree recording of the inside of one of her hives located across the street from the bee hotel. By

Tree bed #7 @carolinecox_studio

Along with their ecological function tree pits provide residents with a public place to display their creations, ranging from miniature landscapes to eclectic floral designs. In a similar way my installation embraces

“Brick by Brick” by @dasgutesdesign explores the themes of structural oppression. How the lived experiences of people, especially the most disenfranchised, are often devalued but are in fact the very foundation of society. The art piece w

a huge thank you to all the performers who graced our after party last weekend at @strcp - @sparklemotionbk @laraallen13 No Hope and @owwowmeow

Photo credit: Will Ragozzino @willrags

Thank you all so much for joining us for the first Fallow Frames Biennial 2024 - it was a huge success 💌 We couldn’t have asked for a more talented, kind group of artists, and we would like to thank each one!

Participating artists:
@t.bex
@fl

Rat infestation! Found at the corner of Woodward and Cornelia by @jude.tallichet

About

Curated by

Alexa Hoyer
Alexander Zev

Special Thanks

Bakeri Queens
Flying Fox Tavern
Forever Young
James Graf
Tyler Harmon-Townsend
Ice Cream Window
My Pet & I
Myrtle Avenue BID
Ridgewood Presbyterian Church
Zoe Sachs
Topos Too
Woodbine Gardening Club

Fallow Frames Biennial 2024

July 13 — 14, 2024Ridgewood, Queens NY

2pm — 7pm

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July 13 — 14, 2024
Ridgewood, Queens NY