Creative Time Sandcastle Competition 2012 at Rockaway Beach (SLIDE SHOW)
More than a dozen local artists created temporary sand sculptures at the Creative Time Sandcastle Competition on Rockaway Beach.
Mon Aug 20 2012
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Dustin Yellin's team constructs its "Bowl Cuts" salon.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Jen DeNike (3rd place) gives life to her lady in the sand.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
And the Shelter Serra latrine goes here.…
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Are you not entertained by Marie Lorenz's Roman Colosseum?
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Tom Sachs and studio dig most of the way to China.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Jen DeNike's team is well on its way to third place.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Oh, what? This old thing? Marie Lorenz's team goes classical.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Mary Mattingly's team refines its design.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Team Laura Wass and Amit Greenberg fulfill some kind of prophecy.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
This looks great, Team Kenya Robinson, but how are you getting out of there?
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Team Ryan McNamara is very serious about sand castles. Very serious.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Dustin Yellin's "Bowl Cuts"
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Shelter Serra and Miya Ando refine their moat design.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Team Tom Sachs might consider building a sand ladder.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
William Lamson's team goes for geometric perfection.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Team William Lamson needs to get some interns.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Behold the glory of Snarkitecture.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw win the contest with living fountains.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
All hail the winning team of Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Laura Wass and Amit Greenberg's creation demands a sacrifice.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Champions Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw celebrate.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Creative Time provides the shovels.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Creative Time judges Nato Thompson, Kyle Hardin DeWoody, Anne Pasternak, Walter Robinson and Meredith Johnson are the law around these parts.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Team William Lamson's second-place sand creation
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Members of Team William Lamson put their backs into it.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Snarkitecture's castle is see-through.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Behold the gladiators of Team Marie Lorenz, posing in front of the Colosseum.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Dustin Yellin and his team break ground.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
Snarkitecture before it was Snarkitecture.
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Photograph: Jena Cumbo
William Lamson's team lays the foundation for its conical masterpiece.
The inaugural Creative Time Sandcastle Competition at Rockaway Beach gave local artists three hours in which to construct sand monuments that would stand until the end of time—or at least until the tide came in. Living fountains, traditional sand strongholds and even a fair likeness of the Roman Colosseum transformed the oceanfront landscape of Queens for the day, and perhaps signaled the start of a new New York summer tradition.
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