Client: City of Somerville's Office of Sustainability & Environment
Location: Somerville, MA, United States
Completion date: 2021
Project Team
Artist Duo
bent/haus
Video Art
Allison Tanenhaus
Concepting + Engineering
Ben K. Foley
Overview
A two-night public art event for community heat mediation in the face of climate change at two public outdoor spaces: Groundwork Somerville (August 20, 2021) and Chuckie Harris Park (August 29, 2021). Featuring 3D video art (Ben K. Foley and Allison Tanenhaus) electronic music (The Square Root of Negative Two [Robin Amos and Blaik Ripton], and Doug Bielmeier), all by local creatives. Also one half of Somerville Synth Crawl!
Goals
Sponsored by Keep Cool Somerville, a mini grant program by the City's Office of Sustainability & Environment, supported by a grant from the MAPC (Metropolitan Area Planning Council) Accelerating Climate Resiliency Grant Program.