The Sky High Farm Biennial Opens in an Apple Warehouse

Phong H. Bui (pictured above)
Publisher of The Brooklyn Rail, Greenpoint

How long have you lived in Greenpoint?
 Since 1993, when I got a summer sublet from an ad in The Village Voice. The person on the lease decided not to come back, so I’ve lived here forever.

What do you think of the biennial exhibition, “Trees Never End and Houses Never End”?
It’s a very, very immersive curation. I celebrate this idea of the collective. It brings people together. Artists’ freedom is so important. The exhibition embraces the slowness of culture. It takes time to make a painting, write a poem, choreograph a dance, even organize a show like Sky High has. And that slowness of culture is a tool against…