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Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Todd W. Bressi Stacy Levy
February 23, 2010
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Team
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Todd Bressi
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Reston Public Art Master Plan
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Met Branch Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Curtain Call
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Stacy Levy
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Stream Lines
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Tide Flowers
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Riverine
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Cloudstones
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Principles
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
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
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Layer One – September, 2010
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
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
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Goals Timeframe Manifestations
To be completed by trail opening, Sept 2010
Layer One
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
Blazes Pavement Tapis Crossings
Layer One
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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
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Blazes
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Blazes
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Neuf couleurs au vent
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Goals Manifestations Schedule
Blazes Pavement Tapis Crossings
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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.
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Orange Line, LA Metro
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Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Layer Three
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Goals Manifestations Schedule
Blazes Pavement Tapis Crossings
Layer One
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CrossingsArtful road crossings in pavement.
Artist-designed Streetprint and Duratherm permanent markings at intersections where trail crosses roads and where trail direction is confusing.
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Blazes Insignias Crossings
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Blazes Insignias Crossings
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
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
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Layer Two – Annual, Starting 2011
Layer Two – Annual, Starting 2011
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Goals Timeframe Manifestations
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.
Layer Two – Annual, Starting 2011
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
Annually, starting in 2011, as funding is available.
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Site specific, temporary installations
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
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Areas for site-specific, temporary installations
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Areas for site-specific, temporary installations
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Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
CO2 LED
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Riverine
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Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Golden Gateway
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Urban Trees
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Village of Arts and Humanities
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Layer Three — Permanent, Starting 2012
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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.
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
Layer Three — Permanent, Starting 2012
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
Starting in 2012, when visual quality of trail can be understood, when use patterns are known, and as funding becomes available.
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Garden Rooms Gathering Places Infrastructure Trailheads
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
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Garden Rooms
Places where art and landscape come together
Pausing places for trail users
Places where narratives can be explored in depth
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Garden Rooms
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Garden Rooms
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Peace Garden
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Private Prairie
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Garden Rooms Gathering Places Infrastructure Trailheads
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
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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
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Village of Arts and Humanities
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Garden Rooms Pausing Places Infrastructure Trailheads
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Infrastructure
Make existing structures trail amenities
Turn ordinary infrastructure into a unique experience
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Garden Rooms Infrastructure Pausing Places Trailheads
Goals Timeframe Manifestations
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Trailheads
Site-specific artworks that mark each trailhead
Create a sense of welcome and discovery
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Roxy Paine
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Public Art for Lexington’s Legacy Trail
Todd W. Bressi Stacy Levy
February 23, 2010