Projects
Imagine San Rafael: A Participatory Art Exhibit, Youth In Arts Gallery, 2014/15
Fortnight has spent the last several years developing creative ideas for public space through ongoing community dialogue and public art events. Some of those ideas are featured in this show, including: an interactive city map where participants can locate their experiences in a shared space; a junk-modeling table where children of all ages can build their own San Rafael; a library of creative placemaking ideas; and a chance for visitors to play with prototypes for local public art. Through this playful kind of collective imagining, we hope to foster creative community dialogue in San Rafael.
Fortnight has spent the last several years developing creative ideas for public space through ongoing community dialogue and public art events. Some of those ideas are featured in this show, including: an interactive city map where participants can locate their experiences in a shared space; a junk-modeling table where children of all ages can build their own San Rafael; a library of creative placemaking ideas; and a chance for visitors to play with prototypes for local public art. Through this playful kind of collective imagining, we hope to foster creative community dialogue in San Rafael.
Home Sweet Home, Underground Gallery at Art works Downtown, 2014
Spend some time with the Fortnight Collective as we play with the idea of a public space gone made personal. Tags from the Mothering Tree Project (May 2013) are now layers of paper fringe covering a dome-shaped fort. Images and silhouettes of the crocheted, knitted and sewn handiwork of maternal ancestors cover the walls of the Underground Gallery, while the fort invites visitors inside to play with what it means to make a home and a domestic space.
Spend some time with the Fortnight Collective as we play with the idea of a public space gone made personal. Tags from the Mothering Tree Project (May 2013) are now layers of paper fringe covering a dome-shaped fort. Images and silhouettes of the crocheted, knitted and sewn handiwork of maternal ancestors cover the walls of the Underground Gallery, while the fort invites visitors inside to play with what it means to make a home and a domestic space.
Forts and Flags at the West End Village Festival, 2013
The Forts and Flags project was a way to playfully re-imagine our sense of public space in the city of San Rafael. The project aimed to get the general public using play, humor, and a little fantasy, to consider some of the more serious challenges in our public space. Participants were invited to collectively build a huge fort out of cardboard boxes, string and sheets and to design a fictional city flag, inspired by some of the unique features of the physical and historical traits of the city. November 17th, 2013, Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA.
The Forts and Flags project was a way to playfully re-imagine our sense of public space in the city of San Rafael. The project aimed to get the general public using play, humor, and a little fantasy, to consider some of the more serious challenges in our public space. Participants were invited to collectively build a huge fort out of cardboard boxes, string and sheets and to design a fictional city flag, inspired by some of the unique features of the physical and historical traits of the city. November 17th, 2013, Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA.
Love, Loathe, Long For, 2013
Love, Loathe and Long For is ongoing project, begun at Art Break Day and continued across several events and sites. By asking the public of San Rafael what they cherish and wish they could change about their city, we are hoping to learn more about the values and struggles of our city. The wide variety of responses are sometimes conflicting, but always interesting. The separate pages have been bound into an accordion style book, which has been most recently shown at Artworks Downtown and in the Forts and Flags project.
Love, Loathe and Long For is ongoing project, begun at Art Break Day and continued across several events and sites. By asking the public of San Rafael what they cherish and wish they could change about their city, we are hoping to learn more about the values and struggles of our city. The wide variety of responses are sometimes conflicting, but always interesting. The separate pages have been bound into an accordion style book, which has been most recently shown at Artworks Downtown and in the Forts and Flags project.
Art Break Day, 2013
We are proud to have hosted the 3rd annual Art Break Day in San Rafael! In addition to offering a free opportunity for anyone to make art, we encouraged an creative dialogue about public space in downtown San Rafael by asking the question "What do you LOVE, LOATHE and LONG FOR in San Rafael?" September 6th, 2013 Court Street Plaza, Fourth Street, Downtown San Rafael, CA.
We are proud to have hosted the 3rd annual Art Break Day in San Rafael! In addition to offering a free opportunity for anyone to make art, we encouraged an creative dialogue about public space in downtown San Rafael by asking the question "What do you LOVE, LOATHE and LONG FOR in San Rafael?" September 6th, 2013 Court Street Plaza, Fourth Street, Downtown San Rafael, CA.
The Mothering Tree, May 2013
Do you know your mother’s mother’s mother’s mother? Our ten day project in downtown San Rafael considered maternal lineage. Participants choose a colored tag and wrote the names of as many maternal ancestors as they could. Others choose to write a note or draw a picture for a female ancestor. May 4th - May 12th, 2013, Court Street Plaza, Fourth Street, Downtown San Rafael, CA.
Do you know your mother’s mother’s mother’s mother? Our ten day project in downtown San Rafael considered maternal lineage. Participants choose a colored tag and wrote the names of as many maternal ancestors as they could. Others choose to write a note or draw a picture for a female ancestor. May 4th - May 12th, 2013, Court Street Plaza, Fourth Street, Downtown San Rafael, CA.
Under the Freeway Habitat, 2012
In attempt to bring some attention to the much neglected public space underneath the 101 freeway downtown, we made some paste ups of local native wildlife that typically would have inhabited the marshland there. The image of the Archangel San Rafael also brings some beauty to an otherwise cold and impersonal space.
In attempt to bring some attention to the much neglected public space underneath the 101 freeway downtown, we made some paste ups of local native wildlife that typically would have inhabited the marshland there. The image of the Archangel San Rafael also brings some beauty to an otherwise cold and impersonal space.