Client: Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston Cyberarts, in partnership with the National Park Service
Location: Boston, MA, United States
Completion date: 2012
Project Team
Artist
Georgie Friedman
Architect
Utile Design
Utile Design
Public Art Agent
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Overview
Fast water currents were projected on the roof's convex shape, activating the overhead surface and placing viewers beneath the water. Two-channel, site-specific video installation, 8 min continuous loop (no audio), approx. 700 sq ft site footprint.
Goals
The goal of the project was to create a video-installation that responded to the architecture of the site and to the the natural-world-awareness missions of the National Park Service and Boston Harbor Islands Alliance. Another goal of the piece was to create a light-based piece as a part of The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy's Winterlights festival, which commissions temporary public art projects on the Greenway to enliven the long city park during the dark winter months.
Process
Georgie Friedman was invited by Boston Cyberarts to create a proposal for a temporary public art, site-specific video installation on the roofs of the Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion. The artist's plans were approved by the National Park Service and the Boston Harbor Islands Alliance who are in charge of the facility. The projected was submitted to, and funded by, The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, who oversees the Greenway park where the National Park Service's Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion is located.
Additional Information
The structure was designed by Utile Design firm of Boston, MA: http://www.utiledesign.com/projects/harbor-park-pavilion/