Client: Sky Harbor Airport
Location: Phoenix, AZ, United States
Completion date: 2008
Artwork budget: $200,000
Project Team
Artist
John Randall Nelson
Nelson Public Art
Public Art Agent
Donna Isaac
City of Phoenix
Museum Director
Lenee Eller
Sky Harbor Airport
Overview
Steel, cement block, and ceramic tile, 100’ x 15’ x 12’. A public art streetscape located at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ. Designed to incorporate the oral and written histories of “Golden-gate” barrio, which was paved over due to the expansion of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Goals
The goal of this project was to create a commemorative landmark for the Golden-Gate barrio, which was paved over due to the expansion of the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Process
Designed to incorporate written and oral histories of residents of the Golden-Gate barrio, La Memoria Vive is the end result of a collaboration between Phoenix Public Art, the stakeholders, and our studio.
Additional Information
La Memoria Vive/Memory Lives On. Steel, cement block, and ceramic tile, 100’ x 15’ x 12’. “We were moved, the Golden-gaters, swept away carelessly, like tossing away old shoes.”