Urban Cathedral
Urban Cathedral began while I was traveling east on I-10 at the Beltway 8 interchange and thinking about symmetry, traffic, time, God, bad radio, and road rage.
The freeway became the structure.
I began with the transept, nave, apse, and pulpit of a cathedral. As the installation developed, the idea became more playful: green space, unusual light, photographic patterns, and an homage to the freeway exchange.
Made with other people.
Jason Makepeace and John Walker helped with construction. Art Attack supported the graphics, and QUE Imaging turned around the Duratran prints in 36 hours. My wife, Christa, and daughter, Clara, gave me the time to make the work.
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Urban Cathedral with green flooring, illuminated photographic floor panels, stools, circular wall works, and patterned columns.
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A high wide view across the green platform and illuminated floor panels of Urban Cathedral.
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A low view along Urban Cathedral's illuminated photographic floor panels as visitors gather around them.
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A group of visitors bending down to examine an illuminated floor panel in Urban Cathedral.
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Visitors gathered throughout Urban Cathedral during the exhibition opening.
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A low perspective along glowing photographic panels and white stools inside Urban Cathedral.
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A circular Urban Cathedral composition framing a mirrored interchange structure with bands of pavement and green material.
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A circular Urban Cathedral composition centered on mirrored downtown buildings and surrounded by bands of pavement and green material.
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