E.A.S.T. 2013

Last night I went for a late afternoon walk in the park to have a quiet moment and to photograph progress on the large-scale restoration project.  Standing on top of the Pleasant Valley Overpass I heard an odd noise so walked down to Hargrave to walk around to the park and saw something even stranger than what I'd heard.  There was a man standing on a ladder and holding a pole with a gigantic roll of saran wrap so of course I had to walk over to find out what was going on. 

 

 

 

 

It turns out that they're putting in a temporary installation for the East Austin Studio Tour, E.A.S.T., titled "Albedo."  The project was commissioned by the Art in Public Places TEMPO program and will be up until the first week of December.  The artists are local architects and this piece will create "translucent, inhabitable volumes." 

 

Here's a graphic from their proposal.



 

 

 

Nearby a hole is being dug for "Below" which will use maps, public data, audience participation and led lights to raise awareness of our impact on the environment.  It will be up from November 16-29 and will return to the park in April 2014.

 

Right now it looks like this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

but by E.A.S.T. it's supposed to look like this...

 

 

The East Austin Studio Tour will be November 16-17+23-24, 2013 so grab a catalogue from one of our local libraries or look online and then enjoy the art in our neighborhood.