Governors Island Art Fair’s wildest installations

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The Animal is Absent (Elephant in the Room) by Harsha Biswajit: "This year's zeitgeist is animals," says co-curator Nicole Laemmle, noting exhibits with horses, dogs, gerbils, birds and other creatures. That includes this video sculpture of a large elephant lying down as patterns of color swirl on him, animating the pachyderm.

No, Said the Fruit Bowl by Becky Brown: This artist took full advantage of her space, a kitchen: She stuffed cabinets, the fridge, the sink, a toaster oven, the oven, even a tea kettle, with found objects, such as a snow shovel, a phone, beads, papers, headphones and a broom (borrowed from the island's maintenance staff). Everything is painted white (or beige to match the countertops), giving the chaos a unified look.

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White Horse by Will Kurtz: Kurtz, who currently lives in Brooklyn, covered his life-like horse in newspaper — our bet is it's the Daily Racing Form. The Kurtz-created horse manure (behind the creature) is also on sale in the gift shop for $75.

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Secret Self by Lori Nelson: The "fur" for Nelson's yeti-like creation (that's the artist on the left) was made from two dozen shredded Fresh Direct boxes.

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Wilbur by Will Kurtz: A former landscape artist, Michigan native Kurtz uses real objects in his works. This man, made of wood, newspaper and glue, is holding a real tennis ball.

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Coherence by Daniel Baltzer & Mikel Glass: Just one section of an entire room of steampunk-style artifacts, the gizmo is part of a giant gerbil cage — with lights, videos, a record player and a rainbow of tunnels and wheels. The gerbils (real ones!) can be shy, so be patient if you want to see them.

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Once a US military base, Governors Island has become a playground for New Yorkers, with open space, amazing views, concerts and art exhibits.

Military officers and their families lived in barracks known as Colonels Row, a pretty group of red-brick houses built between 1875 and 1905. Abandoned in 1996, when the Coast Guard moved out, the homes have since been repurposed.

So instead of families cooking in kitchens and/or getting homework done in bedrooms, the spaces have been taken over by some 100 artists and their kooky sculptures, paintings, video displays and multimedia installations.

It's all part of the Seventh annual Governors Island Arts Fair, running weekends in September. Some artists opted to repaint or wallpaper their rooms, but others kept the peeling and worn walls to enhance their work. Jackie Mock hung a jagged-edge paint chip and captioned it as historic.

It's not the kind of work you might see at, say, the Met — from a crazy gerbil cage and a talking robot-goat to a life-size papier-mâché horse with papier-mâché poop to match (on sale in the gift shop) and stunning pieces using black lights, dripping mineral oil or discarded electronics (Sony Walkmans!).

It's a lot to absorb, so to avoid sensory overload, go early, have a picnic break and plan to spend the day.

Free admission, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 28; ferry, $2; govisland. com, 4heads.org; 212-673- 9074.

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