Preserving Space

Social Practice Group Invitational
Organizer, June Woest
​Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, TX
March 28 - May 2, 2010

Overheard in the Park
Spoken by Park Naturalist, Eric Duran

This is the way spoons grow.  It also happens to be their blooming season. 

  

   

   

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Dormant, by June Woest & Urban Artists

It is a nearly impossible task to bring the dead back to life, but I tried. For the show Preserving Space I collected broken branches from the floor of Russ Pitman Park and whittled their ends with a utility knife in order to create a memory of  what could have been. I drilled holes in the deadwood, then attached wooden spoons to act as shallow reservoirs to catch and hold rain water. Can spoons hold rain water?  I am left wondering whether the broken and dried branches on the park floor were dead or merely dormant.

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Thank You Urban Artists

Glenn Rollins
Claudia Franco
Bob Woest
Laurel Woest
Dan Sanford
Dan Daly
Gabriella Maldonado