Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail · 2.02.2010 · Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy...

Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail

Todd W. Bressi Stacy Levy

February 23, 2010


Team


Todd Bressi


Reston Public Art Master Plan


Met Branch Trail


Curtain Call


Stacy Levy


Stream Lines


Tide Flowers


Riverine


Cloudstones


Principles


Seek artworks that support the experience and use of the trail

Seek artworks that are commissioned especially for the trail, enhance qualities of the landscape and create unique places

Create opportunies for local, regional, national artists

Create sequential layers of artwork that establish an immediate presence and leave a long-term legacy


Layer One – September, 2010


Goals Timeframe Manifestations

Make the trail into a continuous ribbon of experience by inserting art elements that appear in every segment.

Make trail visible to passersby.

Incorporate narratives of sites along the trail.

Involve local and regional artists, in an evolving and renewable format.

Layer One



To be completed by trail opening, Sept 2010

Layer One



Blazes Pavement Tapis Crossings

Layer One


BlazesVertical path markers make trail visible in the landscape

Located on highly visible knolls, rises, junctions

Clusters of 3-5 poles, 25 feet tall, permanently sited in the ground

Renewable flags designed by artists as cluster units will be created and installed on the poles


Blazes


Neuf couleurs au vent

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Goals Manifestations Schedule



Pavement TapisElliptical forms on the path surface.

Artists will paint two-dimensional artworks with epoxy acrylic paint manufactured for asphalt.

Placed along the path to respond to local narratives. Sites to be determined.

Some sites are locations for future, permanent three-dimensional or environmenal artworks in a future phase.


Orange Line, LA Metro


Layer Three


Goals Manifestations Schedule


Layer One


CrossingsArtful road crossings in pavement.

Artist-designed Streetprint and Duratherm permanent markings at intersections where trail crosses roads and where trail direction is confusing.


Blazes Insignias Crossings


Artist SelectionOpen roster for all Layer One projects.

Publicize via local, regional, statewide arts organizations

Selection committees identify artists from roster when projects are ready to proceed


Layer Two – Annual, Starting 2011




Annual installations of site-specific, temporary artworks.

Respond to selected landscapes, sites and narratives.

Local, regional, national artists.

Curatorial approach varies from year to year.




Annually, starting in 2011, as funding is available.


Site specific, temporary installations



Areas for site-specific, temporary installations


CO2 LED


Riverine


Golden Gateway


Urban Trees


Village of Arts and Humanities


Layer Three — Permanent, Starting 2012


Begin the thoughtful siting of permanent (and larger budget) artworks along the path.

Make places of interest, gathering, rest, and exploration along sites on the path

Create artworks that help interpret narratives that are best expressed in the sites.


Layer Three — Permanent, Starting 2012



Starting in 2012, when visual quality of trail can be understood, when use patterns are known, and as funding becomes available.


Garden Rooms Gathering Places Infrastructure Trailheads



Garden Rooms

Places where art and landscape come together

Pausing places for trail users

Places where narratives can be explored in depth


Garden Rooms


Peace Garden


Private Prairie


Garden Rooms Gathering Places Infrastructure Trailheads



Gathering Places

Pausing places for trail users

Permanent places for people to come together

Story telling, outdoor classrooms

Places where narratives can be explored through materials, color, form


Village of Arts and Humanities


Garden Rooms Pausing Places Infrastructure Trailheads



Infrastructure

Make existing structures trail amenities

Turn ordinary infrastructure into a unique experience


Garden Rooms Infrastructure Pausing Places Trailheads



Trailheads

Site-specific artworks that mark each trailhead

Create a sense of welcome and discovery


Roxy Paine


Todd W. Bressi Stacy Levy

February 23, 2010

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