BOLD BOOTHS: A Strategy to Engage Columbus and Its Infrastructures
Abstract:
The project will inject thought-provoking and functional architectural installations in Downtown Columbus' more banal spaces: surface parking lots. It will involve collaboration between faculty and students from the university with other organizations supporting ColumbusPublicArt, as well as leading professional designers. These new booths, once valued merely for their ability to watch over vehicles in exchange for dollar bills and credit card swipes, will become exchange points in the city for exploration of public art.
Description:
IMPACT. 1: The first booth in the series, entitled "Coney Island" and designed by Beth Blostein and Bart Overly, will be installed downtown in 2014 in the parking lot of the Great Southern Theatre. -- 2. An exhibition, "Drivebys," will document all five of the initial concepts. -- 3. Two additional booths will be constructed, and other funding sources will be sought out to complete the series.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; Knowlton School of Architecture; College of Arts and Sciences
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District; ColumbusPublicArt; The Westin Great Southern Hotel
PRIMARY CONTACT: Beth Blostein (blostein.3@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; Knowlton School of Architecture; College of Arts and Sciences
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District; ColumbusPublicArt; The Westin Great Southern Hotel
PRIMARY CONTACT: Beth Blostein (blostein.3@osu.edu)
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