How I spent my Summer Vacation Part I

I've actually been out of school since mid May.  One of my former instructors invited me to be a "Job Captain" for a public art installation she was working on with another architect.  When I accepted the offer I had no idea what public art was, let alone what a job captain would do.  I've come to understand that it's basically a fancy name for free laborer.

The project is called Shallow Waters and it's still up in Chelsea Square Park.  We started working on it pretty much the second that classes ended.  It was a lot of  fun to work on and the artists, Gretchen and Carolina, were great.  The work consisted of spray painting tomato stakes (900 of them); cutting, folding, and sewing mylar flags (900 of them); putting said flags onto said tomato stakes (900 of them); and driving said stakes into the ground at the park.  Here's the proof:  (inasmuch as digital photos actually count as proof) Also, I've pared down the number of photos in an attempt not to bore my readers.  I do realize that public art isn't that exciting to everyone.

This method took forever and I sprayed my feet red.

This way worked much better.  Also this was the hottest day ever.

Eric's apartment cutting and folding.  It was like a mylar cutting/folding factory in there.

The last stitch of a 10 hour sewing day.

Stakes + Mylar = Flags

Marking the park prior to installation.

At least 2/3 of the flags in the back of my friend's car

Driving stakes into the ground with the help of my friend Joanne and 30+ other kindhearted friends.

Look, I'm famous!

The artists, Gretchen and Carolina, and Adriane, Eric, and Me (aka Team ACE)

Opening Day

You may be asking yourselves why.  Here's the short answer:  to encourage the people of Boston/Chelsea to explore the history of what was there and to carefully consider what lies in the future. It definitely does the job of making people take notice.