Viewfinding is a temporary public art installation and queer poetry collaboration by New York-based artist Sarah E. Brook. Built from reclaimed lumber and cast-acrylic panels, the installation is a dimensional painting, interactive light sculpture, and a haven for private reflection built to interact with the sun setting over the Hudson River.

Viewfinding consists of five wooden trapezoidal components connected by a meandering bench that mimics the river nearby. Strips of cast acrylic are fixed within each trapezoid, painted in gradations of color that progress from rich blue to fiery pink, referencing the color progression of a sky at sunset.

On the bench are a series of 26 acrylic panels engraved with short works by queer poets—selected through an open call--on the theme of transformation and self-actualization.

At the opening picnic celebration (BYOBasket), poets whose words appear on the bench will be reading from their longer works.