Kahaksing-Rondoutings
(41.7182408, -74.3959965)
2025-present

KAHAKSINK – RONDOUTings is the first project we’re creating out of our studio at 2 Elting Court. It is a next iteration of the inquiries we began with 325 MAIN / WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?: How we are connected — to each other, to land and water where we live, the values we share, and the value we make together.

Flowing from the Catskill mountains to the Hudson River, The Kahaksink – Rondout Creek runs in proximity to our studio in Ellenville, our residences in Kerhonkson, and our first studio at 325 Main. This watershed has been home to the Munsee, of the Lenape people, who called the creek Kahaksink, “place of wild geese.” In the 19th century, the Delaware & Hudson Co. transformed it to carry coal from Pennsylvania to NYC. And today, it’s been transformed again by a reservoir which diverts 1/3 of the creek to NYC for drinking water.

Our starting questions are: Can the waterways that run through our community be a catalyst for connection to the land and each other? And what value does that connection generate?

In Phase 1 of the project, our research phase, we are mapping the Kahaksink – Rondout Creek and its tributaries by walking publicly accessible sections and collecting sonic information through a series of Deep Listening sessions. We will also host a series of 3-5 neighborhood “deep listening walks and gatherings” that bring the community into connection with each other and the watershed.

The first phase of the project is supported by a grant from Neuland and select programming will be created in partnership with the Rondout Creek Watershed Alliance.