Seeing Heat : Exploring Our Warming City Through Art and Film

Have you noticed how hot it can get in the city — especially around Newtown Creek?

Join artist DaeQuan Alexander Collier on Thursday, September 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center for a film screening and workshop exploring how heat shapes our bodies, cities, and imaginations. The evening will feature clips from iconic portrayals of urban heat over time, followed by a participatory workshop inviting you to reflect and create together.

Free and open to the public; recommended for adults.

DaeQuan Collier is a Bronx-born interdisciplinary artist and writer whose practice weaves together moving image, sound, and experimental storytelling to examine how memory is shaped, held, and transmitted. Moving between physical objects and digital tools, his work conjures spaces for communion. Through installation, video, and text-based works, Collier explores how personal and collective histories are archived and mediated, often drawing on oral traditions, site-specific research, and found materials. His work is informed by how media, images, and space affect us, engaging storytelling as a mode of inquiry, healing, and reimagining. He holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from Emerson College.

Host or Publisher Newtown Creek Alliance