Brooklyn Navy Yard’s hospital hosts anti-war art installation by Bettina WitteVeen
War is hell.
For the first time, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is opening its mysterious, decaying pre-Civil War hospital to an artist.
“When We Were Soldiers … once and young” is German-born conceptual artist and social activist Bettina WitteVeen’s site-specific installation of devastating war photos she found in historic archives and sculptures shaped like crosses. There is also an altar room with Bach playing on the sound system.