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Slug: encampment.Headline: Thom Sokoloski's public art exhibition

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Here, the artist Thom Sokoloski..---.Roosevelt Island, NY - Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 - Roosevelt Island has had many names: Manning's Island, Blackwell's Island, Welfare Island. It has also been the home of institutionalized populations: orphans, smallpox victims, patients with mental illness. Thom Sokoloski, a Canadian artist, hopes to pay homage to that history of confinement and isolation with a public art exhibition, "The Encampment," on view on the southern tip of the island, from Oct. 5 to 7, as part of Open House New York, the annual urban design and architecture event. The work comprises 100 canvas tents, illuminated from within and visible from the Queens and Manhattan sides of the East River...Rob Bennett for The New York Times

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Here, the artist Thom Sokoloski..---.Roosevelt Island, NY - Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 - Roosevelt Island has had many names: Manning's Island, Blackwell's Island, Welfare Island. It has also been the home of institutionalized populations: orphans, smallpox victims, patients with mental illness. Thom Sokoloski, a Canadian artist, hopes to pay homage to that history of confinement and isolation with a public art exhibition, "The Encampment," on view on the southern tip of the island, from Oct. 5 to 7, as part of Open House New York, the annual urban design and architecture event. The work comprises 100 canvas tents, illuminated from within and visible from the Queens and Manhattan sides of the East River...Rob Bennett for The New York Times