▁under written ▁by ▁New ▁York - based ▁real ▁estate ▁development ▁company ▁Two ▁Tre es , ▁and ▁was ▁built ▁with ▁don ated ▁materials . ▁The ▁exhibition ▁spark ed ▁convers ations ▁about ▁the ▁show ' s ▁audience , ▁the ▁gent r ification ▁of ▁Brook lyn , ▁and ▁the ▁work ' s ▁them es ▁of ▁race , ▁sexual ity , ▁opp ression , ▁labor , ▁and ▁the ▁e ph em eral . ▁ ▁Development ▁and ▁presentation ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁The ▁Dom ino ▁Sug ar ▁Factory ▁site ▁is ▁owned ▁by ▁real ▁estate ▁developer ▁Two ▁Tre es , ▁and ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁facility ▁has ▁been ▁sl ated ▁for ▁demol ition ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁re development ▁since ▁around ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Ann ▁Pas tern ak , ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁Creative ▁Time , ▁reached ▁out ▁to ▁Jed ▁Wal ent as , ▁both ▁a ▁Two ▁Tre es ▁employee ▁and ▁a ▁board ▁member ▁of ▁Creative ▁Time ▁about ▁a ▁show ▁on ▁the ▁site . ▁ ▁Creative ▁Time ▁approached ▁Walker ▁roughly ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁the ▁exhibition . ▁Creative ▁Time ▁selected ▁K ara ▁both ▁because ▁"[ they ] ▁had ▁been ▁trying ▁to ▁get ▁her ▁to ▁sign ▁on ▁to ▁a ▁public ▁art work ▁for ▁many ▁years " ▁and ▁due ▁to ▁" the ▁obvious ▁historic ▁connections ▁between ▁her ▁work ▁and ▁the ▁site ". ▁Walker ▁was ▁attract ed ▁to ▁the ▁project ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁plant ' s ▁history ▁and ▁the ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁done ▁there , ▁such ▁as ▁mol ass es ▁still ▁covering ▁the ▁facility ' s ▁walls . ▁▁