PUBLIC SPACE

Join us this Sunday for Family Day at Please Touch the Art! 

July 26, 12-4pm, free free free

Children ages 1-10 and their families to drop in for a fun and engaging look at this park-wide art exhibition through hands on art-making activities with Teaching Artists from the Children’s Museum of the Arts.

Drawing inspiration from Mirror Labyrinth NY, young artists will explore the idea of a manmade artwork that seems to blend in with its natural surroundings because of the reflective aspect of its mirror-like posts. More at PublicArtFund.org

Giant zippers in Japan!

Fountain Hacks by Portugese studio LIKEarchitects and fashion designer Ricardo Dourado

"Unexpected pertinence: Extending the current notions of public space, the inhabitants of Guimarães are invited to take the maximum profit of these (waterful) mo(nu)ments. The concept is to promote an occupation of the water public spaces by redefining city’s physical limits and deleting the social predefined boundaries. This project is not about beauty, but reinvention - it is about fountain-use upgrade design.

Low-tech, maximum effect: Quick and simple to implement, low-tech urban hacks shows city-users they must be part of the city urban planning, calling for a use of public space where hacking becomes an energetic, optimistic design approach. Fountain Hacks promotes places to enjoy and refresh: put your feet into the water as you have always wished; try on the social shower and invite your neighbour to join you; make part of the city users!”