public art + design
Public art is an opportunity to collaborate with the physical characteristics of a site and the people who spend time there.
We are drawn to this particular artistic expression by our interest in community. A community - the physical space and the relationships that bind people to a social environment - parallels the ecological relationship of all life forms to their unique habitats. Our work frequently echoes this parallel, intertwining geology, biology, and social relationship.
Public art is a special case of art-making, particularly when it is funded with public monies. In addition to art’s potential to create improbable connections - through unexpected pleasure, confusion, or provocation - it can also be useful. By engaging communities to actively participate in creating meaning, our work seeks to be a public tool.
We are responding to troubled times, simultaneously creating models for alternative thinking and spaces in which transformation can happen.
