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Public art coming to Uphams Corner
By adamg on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 2:07pm
The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative has picked five finalists for its proposed Uphams Corner ArtPlace - which will tie into the expanded and renovated Fairmount Line. See the proposals and the artists.
Ed. note: I helped build the Web pages that introduce the finalists - which is how I learned about the project.
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I was surprised that I found
I was surprised that I found the proposals and previous bodies-of-work of the two groups with the oldest members to be the freshest and most engaging (ie Pierce/Yoneoka/Goodnight and Harries/Héder).
I'm sure the other artists are excellent, but after watching their videos and reading the added material, I was left wondering "did they ever actually say what they were planning on creating?"
In particular, none of the three other finalists describe a concept for a permanent installation (as per the commission's requirements), but are rather proposing that they be paid to organize members of the local community to come up with such a proposal - which would then be paid for with additional money from...whence? This they do not say.
Hopefully
one can see the Art from Columbia Road when sitting in traffic. One of the worst intersections in the city.