Anne Wallace sidewalk stamping project to come to a close this week.
Posted by justin on 06 Jun 2008 at 04:12 pm | Tagged as: acquisitions, announcements, art + bikes, art paparazzi, in yo face, public art
(photo by Justin Parr)
Anne Wallace’s sidewalk stamping project, originally commissioned to her in 1999, is finally able to come to a close with the completion of Florida Streets new sidewalks all the way from 281 to S. St. Marys (San Antonio, Texas). The work includes a range of quotes from neighborhood people about their memories of the area, as well as images of traditional crops grown in the area, which was once the farmland for the Alamo. The corn, beans, frogs, hands, snakes, and text panels are totally worth a bike ride down Florida next time you are down this way.
Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty
Justin, thank you so much for taking the time to go out there and document this public art event. Anne’s work ethic is truly indefatigable. We are looking forward to seeing her next film project once it’s complete…See you in the backyard!!
What is it you are really trying to say?
streams of Okeanos
but replicas of masked dancers acting as “demoniac mediators between man and nature at the periodic festivals that accompany the annual harvests” (figure 75).
While looking for clips of Char Miller’s book “On the Border” I came across this recent interview from NPR
http://www.tpr.org/audio/asx.asp?news/08040402.wma
If I remember correctly, the premise of the eminent domain was temporarily for the Hemisfair and then for UTSA. Instead we have displaced communities, urban sprawl, fragmented campus(es), and a convention center.
Sunshine Ward
Sinfonia Punta Campanella
if you go to 118 Florida street, you can buy the best bunuelos in town for five bucks, they even stamped the sidewalk with the bunuelo cookie cutter shape!!!