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Transcend2010 conceptual public art project in front of a church in University City
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most of the ladders are borrowed and strapped together with cable ties
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its intention is to show how we depend on one another to overcome adversity.
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its dedication date of September 11, was chosen as a metaphor about reaching higher, climbing higher over particular obstacles and one of these obstacles is fear.
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ladders have been coming from all over the community, the goal is 300 ladders or ladder like structures.
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artist is Charlie Brouwer, who has been using the ladder for the past 30 in his art pieces
5 comments:
I guess art is all in the eye of the beholder [or the artist...] This looks like the aftermath of a hurricane to me! Maybe I'm just not cultured enough!
Good idea to remember.
Molly, i never thought of that, it does sort of look like a hurricane blew through!
JeanMac, we all do need a helping hand ever so often
Interesting concept...
word tosser, this was a very interesting piece of public art; just coming up with the idea is amazing to me, who would have thought it!! a bunch of ladders fastened together, but it did get my interest to take photos, i really really love my camera
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