Ethan Long, “DDP 2.0,” Rockaway Beach, through November 1

Our last pick is farther than most New Yorkers are regularly willing to go, but then again, most New Yorkers don’t regularly have the opportunity to see earthworks. For his “DDP 2.0” (Digital Dirt Processor 2.0), artist Ethan Long created an eight-foot “rammed-earth” dirt cube that sits on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach. The impressive structure references the traditions of minimalist sculpture and land art, with Long throwing one more element into the mix — technology, as referenced in the title. “DDP 2.0” is dotted with small LEDs that glow at night and give the sculpture something of an otherworldly aura. As the artist describes it, the points of light make the work “appear to be communicating with the planes and buoys, as if it were a computer that had come up out of the earth.”

Courtesy New York City Department of Parks and Recreation