New York Moon is an internet-based publication adhered to the lunar phases of the real waxing, waning moon. It is collection of experimental, reflective, and imaginative projects that unfold in any medium. The Moon culminates in an “illumination” with each month’s full moon. The Moon will also take physical form in various ways – one month it may be wheat pasted on a wall and the next it may appear as a prospectus left carelessly on a subway seat. At the beginning of the cycle Moon editors and contributors get together and talk about what projects they propose for the next edition. The month is spent working on the projects and tweaking concepts. After publication, a project doesn’t end. There is always the potential for someone to send something to be included on a past project’s page. The Moon is in flux and these rules may be scrapped in the future.
The theme of their latest issue is “underground.” On the site, you can see a filmed performance in the abandoned Atlantic Avenue Tunnel; the images of this event are really interesting. Someone involved with the publication got in touch with me. He thought OTBKB readers would be interested; I think he’s right.
The Moon is an experimental publication and in this edition we had the theme of “underground.” Our chief project was to film a cello performance in the abandoned Atlantic Avenue Tunnel.
The other projects – an interview with an urban explorer, a short history of the Calvary Cemetery, and a dispatch from Istanbul – all deal with the theme of underground in a different way.
I thought it would be interesting to your readers just because the Atlantic Avenue tunnel is something that everyone walks over daily, but few people know it exists or its history. They have tours, too: the next one is Sunday, February 17th, Sunday – 1 p.m. – reservations can be made with the Brooklyn Historic Rail Association at 718 941 3160.
The BHRA let us down in the tunnel to film the performance. Our group is a bunch of artists, writers, and designers who just got together to create the kinds of projects we want: we don’t have any funding or anything. We spend a lot of time on this, though!