Installation #5

Austin, Tx was a cool town full of good vibes. Throughout our stay, we kept finding beautifull rivers and creeks. Some were surrounded by developed parks and very connected to the community, while others seemed intimate and secret, surrounded by tall limestone cliffs. We fell in love with one such creek, that had bore into the cliff, leaving a hollowed out crevice. This creek, in Little Stacy Park, inspired our ladder installation. To us, the ladder signified Austins connection and dissconnection to it's water. The ladder is a way to connect places especially in a vertical manner. We also called it a ladder for squirells (to escape our dog Nash).   

Using a knife, we cut through long vines and inserted stick "rungs". Geoffrey had a knife mishap and had to get 5 stitches! He's okay though.

Installation #4


Gulfport, Ms has an interesting, post-disaster feel to it. This area, so dependent on the gulf shore, lost all the buildings within two blocks of the coast. Although much of the area was hit hard, most of it also seemed to rebuild except these two blocks. Similar to Detroit, an urban prarie remains on this central sight. I'm not sure if it's the land prices, the insurance prices, or just that people wisened up, but the coastline of Gulfport remains an anomolie to us. This sad reminder of Katrina and the destruction it caused inspired our fourth installation.

We could only imagine what stood here before and what might stand here in the future.