Victoria Gonzalez, ’21, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Victoria Gonzalez ’21

Major

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Project Title

Day's End — Ecological Research and Curriculum Development*

Presentation Link

View Victoria's Presentation

Certificate(s): Environmental Studies

I worked on providing both context and content for a podcast series that the Whitney Museum of American Art is creating to accompany its newest sculpture, Day’s End, being carried out in conjunction with Guy Nordenson and Associates. My fellow intern and I collected historic audio and video related to the Hudson River’s Pier 52, including its markets, transportation and ecology. In order to best present our findings to the museum director, staff and podcast team, we created thematic and curated maps, online and on paper, each with points containing descriptions and links to the information we found. We also created a book of historical transcriptions and an online map of “now and then” pictures of the area to illustrate gentrification. Finally, we created QR cards to simplify access to our online information. Our work will help explain the context of Day’s End, justify its role as one of New York City’s newest monuments and explain the historical significance of the surrounding community.

* This internship is connected to the PEI Urban Grand Challenges project, “Urban Adaptation to Climate Change.”