Right to Flight

On May 30, 2026, Noo Arts welcomes Right to Flight: a rooftop installation and live performance on the Kingsland Wildflowers green roof in Greenpoint, asking a simple but urgent question: Who is the city for?

Led by international author, architect, artist, and Pratt Institute professor, Dr. Harriet Harriss, in collaboration with fashion and textile designer, Brooke Garner, artist Leslie Ruckman, and students from the Pratt MS Historic Preservation Program, the project brings together architecture, public art, and collective ritual to raise awareness about the hundreds of thousands of migratory birds that die each year colliding with New York City buildings.

The opening night performance features live music by Celine du Tertre, drawn from the songs of four extinct migratory birds: the Passenger Pigeon, Bachman's Warbler, the Eskimo Curlew, and the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (whose costumed reincarnations will dance across the rooftop). Audience members will be invited to move together as a “flock,” reflecting on interdependence between human and avian life.

The installation — including sculptural bird feeders inspired by NYC skyscrapers, a large woven grief nest embedded with handwritten community messages, and cast bird carcass memorials -will remain on view throughout the summer as part of WE ARE NATURE: Transformation Stories, Noo Arts' 2026 season and our annual Residency Award.

This public art installation is sponsored by JFM Foundation.

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