New Public Sites WT-DC conclusion/update/pictures

As of this weekend, the OPTIONS Biennial is over and my New Public Sites - Walking Tours - DC have concluded. But this does not mean that project is entirely over. I am continuing to update the online map with clips from the performances and have begun editing a video tour that I plan on uploading in the near future. In the meantime, check out the updated map and these fun pictures from the third walking tour performance. Special thanks to Megan Lavelle for shooting the event!


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I made free ponchos for all the participants willing to brave the rain.


The Neal Street Bleed


Tresspassing.



Moving in reverse from the Parking Pole Ruins to Seclusion Acres.


Searching for souvenirs of site.


Hechinger Hill conclusion vista.


Changing from tour guide to artist.

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Final NPS - Walking Tour - DC, TOMORROW, 2pm

Please join me for my FINAL New Public Sites - Walking Tour - DC tomorrow, Saturday, October 24th at 2pm.

RAIN OR SHINE the tour will go on! Tomorrow's weather should be wet and in the mid 60s. Last week, seven brave participants wandered with me into a drizzly, urban sublime wearing their very own FREE, official New Public Sites PONCHO! There are six ponchos left, so come early to get yours! Tomorrow's tour will last approximately 40 minutes and covered a short distance under one mile in length. Be sure to bring warm clothes, rain gear and appropriate footwear.

If you have not yet seen the Washington Project for the Arts OPTIONS biennial, Saturday will be a great opportunity to do so. All tours meet at the New Public Sites Kiosk in the Conner Contemporary courtyard at 1358-60 Florida Ave, NE - Washington DC 20002. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as tours will leave promptly as scheduled.

New Public Sites - Walking Tour - DC
Saturday, October 24th, 2pm
OPTIONS 2009
Through October 31st
1358 Florida Ave, NE- 2nd Floor, Washington DC 20002
(above Conner Contemporary Art)
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 11am-5pm

Sincerely,

Graham

Birth home to Current home cellular automata map

NPS-WT-DC final two tours, Oct 17th and 24th

New Public Sites - Walking Tours
October 17th and October 24th, both at 2pm
Artist and Curator Talk
October 17th, 3pm
OPTIONS 2009
Curated by Anne Collins Goodyear
Through October 31st
1358 Florida Ave, NE- 2nd Floor, DC 20002
(above Conner Contemporary Art)
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 11am-5pm

INVISIBLE SITES AND A THRILLING URBAN SUBLIME:
Please join me as I lead my final two walking tours in DC on Saturday, October 17th and Saturday, October 24th, both at 2pm. If you have not yet seen the Washington Project for the Arts OPTIONS biennial, either Saturday will be a great opportunity to do so. The walking tour on Saturday, October 17th will be followed by the OPTIONS Artists & Curator Talk from 3-4:30pm.

All tours meet at the New Public Sites Kiosk in the Conner Contemporary courtyard at 1358-60 Florida Ave, NE - Washington DC 20002. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as tours will leave promptly as scheduled.


View New Public Sites - Walking Tours - DC in a larger map with extra images and videos

USM-Esapce Vines in the Axis Alley show opens Oct 18

Urban Surface Map - EscapeVines
2108 N. Calvert Street, rear facade
Axis Alley
2014-2214 N. Calvert Street
October 18th, 2009 - April 2010
axisalley.wordpress.com

Opening October 18th, 2009, 2-6pm

Please join me for the opening of my latest public project, Urban Surface Map - EscapeVines in conjunction with the Axis Alley public art show on Sunday, October 18th from 2-6pm. USM-EscapeVines is an angular network of colorful lines that playfully follow the path of the fire escape as they mimic the ascendant vines growing up the rear facade of 2108 N. Calvert Street. Participants who climb the fire escape will be welcomed with a close-up of the installation as well as fantastic views of the cityscape!

NPS-WT-DC Color Map now up!

IN ITS FULL SCALE GLORY.

Free 20"x36" black and white copies available at the OPTIONS exhibition. Limited edition color pigmented prints available upon request.

Color Path Projections at Tinges Commons

Color Path Projections
Cyle Metzger and Colin Benjamin
September 20th - October 17th

Tinges Commons is proud to present its second public art show featuring works by Cyle Metzger and Colin Benjamin. Color Path Projections includes two vivid installations that use line, color and space to emphasize movement along the adjacent footpath. On the Tinges Commons Kiosk, Metzger presents us with PS5, a self-described "paintstallation" that uses two-dimensional plains to imply a three-dimensionality of the space within the image. The colors for the billboard-style painting are intended to be integrative yet vibrant, making use of the area's own palette to emphasize a footpath that naturally emerged from the site and inspired an effort to improve the quality of its common use.

Benjamin offers us Present paths are reflective spaces (here and there), a site-specific, tensile structure of driveway reflectors and bright flagging tape suggesting internal tension and spatial projection within the compact pedestrian zone. The architectural configuration of ephemeral construction materials exists outside of the frame of everyday route and routine, asking the pedestrian to make a mental and physical leap between "here and there". Through playful color and dynamic spatial relationships, the artists hope to enhance pedestrian experience within Tinges Commons and challenge its users to reconsider their engagement with public space.

Tinges Commons is funded by the Greater Homewood Community Corporation, the Maryland Cooperative Extension, the Maryland State Arts Council, Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts.

Curated by Graham Coreil-Allen