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  • Collection: PVDFest Public Art

The Art of Play

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The Art of Play is an immersive sculptural art installation that explores the themes of play, identity, and cultural fusion. Drawing from the artists’ journeys growing up LGBTQ+ in and around Rhode Island, the work creates a multi-sensory experience…

Sign-In

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Sign-In consists of a crowd of up to 60 unique, double-faced street signs on 30 poles, all gathered together outside City Hall in a grouping that suggests an assembly of people. Though in most ways(fonts, graphics, colors, dimensions) these signs…

Shadow Farming

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The flags are monotype prints made using an etching press, and each is uniquely designed to re-contextualize patterns from the urban landscape. Finding inspiration in ‘extremities that touch’ like hands, feet, and shoes, Nick Carter and KYLE play…

Selfie Center

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The Selfie Center is a free-standing octagonal kiosk-type structure, where PVD FEST attendees are encouraged to take and hashtag selfies. The mission of the Selfie Center is to increase people’s empathy through an appeal to their vanity. The eight…

Public Property

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Public Property is a social sculpture that presents a commentary on public space, and the evolving nature of collective memory. A plywood box, approximately 8ft x 8ft x 8ft, partially painted gold with a pinhole for a camera obscura lens. Inside the…

Pnit

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“Pnit” is a 3D installation drawing inspiration from Providence’s rich history in the textile industry. It takes the form of a macro scale section of a knit textile swatch. During the day, its intricate swooping pattern will pop out against the…

Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground

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The title, ‘head in the clouds feet on the ground,’ reflects the intersection of creative inspiration and practical application that are both required to make things happen to achieve insightful growth and the thoughtful inspired change that we…

Great Salt Cove Macroalgae

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Great Salt Cove Macroalgae is inspired by the artist's research into red seaweed species found in Narragansett Bay, and Great Salt Cove, a body of briny water that once covered a portion of what is now downtown Providence. It is a series of three 8’…

Goodluck Gateway

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The installation at the Empire Plaza is entitled “The GOOD LUCK Gateway” and is an extension of the artist's sticker art concept. The installation comprises of a 12’ H X 20’ W multi-medium structure that is a gateway to Empire Plaza. The structure…

Dreamweave

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Weaving has been a powerful symbol in my life as it represents the ‘weaving together of the world,’ a narrative in traditional Native American stories about the Spider Woman. This project will use a printed, high-tensile-strength, backlit medium,…