https://annewallaceart.com Anne Wallace Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:03:25 +0000 https://annewallaceart.com en https://annewallaceart.com/Header-Image Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:50:05 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Header-Image <img width="1920" height="932" width_o="1920" height_o="932" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6d6e37066690990ef27acaa0c04bbec014133cc0fd32e8bd8687c9f6a3fa53c/AnneWallace-Header.jpg" data-mid="52412136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6d6e37066690990ef27acaa0c04bbec014133cc0fd32e8bd8687c9f6a3fa53c/AnneWallace-Header.jpg" /> https://annewallaceart.com/Featured-Projects Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:50:05 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Featured-Projects Featured Projects <img width="1200" height="744" width_o="1200" height_o="744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41f265e189d11244622f18179df43aa196fdd8409ba6007043832f3d689ec36d/Destino-Thumbnail.jpg" data-mid="54994264" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41f265e189d11244622f18179df43aa196fdd8409ba6007043832f3d689ec36d/Destino-Thumbnail.jpg" /> Destino San Antonio, 2019Westerns <img width="1200" height="744" width_o="1200" height_o="744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53ebfc5b7607907e0f9bb3a2b571376fe407b59de68ab667bd25e2241cc3a9df/Featured2.jpg" data-mid="50399956" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53ebfc5b7607907e0f9bb3a2b571376fe407b59de68ab667bd25e2241cc3a9df/Featured2.jpg" /> Dancing the Ruins, 2019 <img width="1200" height="744" width_o="1200" height_o="744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88f6a70c2bc111e06e3448abd33a55f0f566e480ebb259ea890d7cd65dd9cbeb/Featured1.jpg" data-mid="50399958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88f6a70c2bc111e06e3448abd33a55f0f566e480ebb259ea890d7cd65dd9cbeb/Featured1.jpg" />Lost and Found, 2019US/Mexico Border <img width="1000" height="620" width_o="1000" height_o="620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3cdb937d21acadb9c77898e1f457c69e51236cc7983c663461d08b1ce481a07/AnneWallace-PublicArt.jpg" data-mid="55718412" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3cdb937d21acadb9c77898e1f457c69e51236cc7983c663461d08b1ce481a07/AnneWallace-PublicArt.jpg" />The Once and Future River, 2010Public Art https://annewallaceart.com/Destino-San-Antonio-2019 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:12:28 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Destino-San-Antonio-2019 <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a936445ba8df92fd5f040342d8fc591eb67d5ffab1958b749bab3b8731c40cf7/Destino-9.jpg" data-mid="54994718" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a936445ba8df92fd5f040342d8fc591eb67d5ffab1958b749bab3b8731c40cf7/Destino-9.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02546a262c66a735e600b2b66a42935d79e4a801537765c7b18f567484db9068/Destino-6.jpg" data-mid="54994701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02546a262c66a735e600b2b66a42935d79e4a801537765c7b18f567484db9068/Destino-6.jpg" /> Photos: Francisco Cortés Destino San Antonio Artist and Guest Curator4000 sf Exhibition about late 19th century San Antonio Briscoe Museum of Western Art2018-19 The word destino has several meanings. The most common English translation is destination: the end of a journey. But it also means fate, destiny. In 2014, the Briscoe acquired 562 stereoviews and cabinet cards of San Antonio which they wanted to highlight in an exhibition. I took this collection as a point of departure for exploring the identity of the city in the late 19th century, as it has been revealed, hidden, or erased. One of the most striking aspects of the images is the diversity of people in them. Although these are historic photos, this is not a scholarly exhibition. My goal as Artist and Guest Curator was to take the photographic record and augment it with commentary and poetic or provocative juxtapositions (my own and those of scholars and the artists who performed during the run of the exhibition) which suggest possible interpretations and counter the notion of 'photo as truth.' See&nbsp;Glasstire’s Best of 2019 <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55ef7c7a143f8dd77a95a6a8c1b620834eaab11ca022500ea6602ce0068ddbe4/Destino-8.jpg" data-mid="54994697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55ef7c7a143f8dd77a95a6a8c1b620834eaab11ca022500ea6602ce0068ddbe4/Destino-8.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ee64c4492484c24cd132004113acdb1a0c5f218e71f36b8f917b8370e0debcf/Destino-10.jpg" data-mid="54994696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ee64c4492484c24cd132004113acdb1a0c5f218e71f36b8f917b8370e0debcf/Destino-10.jpg" /> “The museum commissioned San Antonio artist Anne Wallace to curate the exhibition, and Destino reflects her practice of engaging the American West to examine ‘issues of representation, authenticity and myth.’ ....In another deft curatorial move, a selection of 25 Destino images are projected in a wall-size slide show that moves through 19th-century San Antonio so hypnotically that one almost feels he or she can step into the picture and saunter through its landscape.“ Gene Fowler, Glasstire ‘A Traveler’s Curiosity’ and Historic Images of San Antonio December 31, 2018 <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/737cfb09355719df125256bbe715308c7f2d2bf8d21006f960d59a8bd879411d/AnneWallace-Destino-1.jpg" data-mid="55717081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/737cfb09355719df125256bbe715308c7f2d2bf8d21006f960d59a8bd879411d/AnneWallace-Destino-1.jpg" />One of my first thoughts was a House of Cards built of stereoviews; that idea morphed into an interactive "Futuring" cityscape for visitors' drawings and comments. <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baac478b2871c151c87bc26f8ee851ca2177e82e6666ab95df1c8934626f259d/Destino-3.jpg" data-mid="54994705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/baac478b2871c151c87bc26f8ee851ca2177e82e6666ab95df1c8934626f259d/Destino-3.jpg" />These are the names of indigenous tribes and bands affiliated with San Antonio's history which I engraved on antique building limestones, a material similar to that of the Spanish Colonial Missions. (See link below for Ramon Vasquez, Executive Director, American Indians in Texas-Spanish Colonial Missions, interview about the Mission Pueblos and their contemporary descendants)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Artist David Zamora Casas performing - Destino San Antonio opening Links to my interviews with scholars John Phillip Santos, on “Family Album” &nbsp; Norma Elia Cantú, on “Family Album” Ramon Vasquez, on “Living and Touring” Jackie Dale Tointigh on Apache POWs at Fort Sam Houston Everett Fly, “Who Was the ‘Plaza Dude?’” Claudia Guerra, on Military Plaza Bruce Shackelford, on Military Plaza https://annewallaceart.com/Lost-and-Found-2019 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:58:29 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Lost-and-Found-2019 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cdc77d770a2dd9c2123ea9bc8751ec21d427cda5b8fe055d0d6cd0c805f5233/Untitled-5.jpg" data-mid="52400435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cdc77d770a2dd9c2123ea9bc8751ec21d427cda5b8fe055d0d6cd0c805f5233/Untitled-5.jpg" />Photo: Luis M. Garza Lost and FoundInstallation for Admitted: USA, an exhibition of work created by artists in the inaugural round of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program in San Antonio. Used water bottles, clothing and carpet shoes found along migrant trails in the Sonoran desert. Video triptych: Paupers' graves, Holtville, California Dimensions variable 2019 In the Spring of 2019, I spent a day with the Samaritans, hiking the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in the Sonoran desert, to cache water, food and socks along remote migrant trails. In 2004, I had spent several days there on both sides of the border, putting out water and filming for my Artpace Residency and I wanted to go back. When you leave water, you also carry out 'trash': items necessary for surviving the trek north but which disturb the sensitive desert environment. We picked up water bottles, "carpet shoes" (said to erase tracks), and clothing, which I washed and re-made into prayer flags; I believe all of the things left behind by crossers - whose fates are unknown - are truly imbued with prayers. <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dd671f61ad1bd850b3a302172ead2fa6ef8f733f1e30220bb617869a213db2e/Untitled-4.jpg" data-mid="52400330" border="0" alt="Stringing Prayer Flags" data-caption="Stringing Prayer Flags" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dd671f61ad1bd850b3a302172ead2fa6ef8f733f1e30220bb617869a213db2e/Untitled-4.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebe9cd00649c403ef83af3c24099a3d59ea7a4e1543606d9fe9b98aeb4615bcf/IMG_8657.JPG" data-mid="60630746" border="0" alt="Potters Field, Terrace Park Cemetery, Holtville CA" data-caption="Potters Field, Terrace Park Cemetery, Holtville CA" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebe9cd00649c403ef83af3c24099a3d59ea7a4e1543606d9fe9b98aeb4615bcf/IMG_8657.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Support humanitarian organizations working with asylum seekers and migrants and educating US citizens about the issues here: Borderlinks No More Deaths RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) Interfaith Welcome Coalition https://annewallaceart.com/Chewie-takes-a-day-off Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:03:25 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Chewie-takes-a-day-off <img width="1920" height="932" width_o="1920" height_o="932" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6d6e37066690990ef27acaa0c04bbec014133cc0fd32e8bd8687c9f6a3fa53c/AnneWallace-Header.jpg" data-mid="55721151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6d6e37066690990ef27acaa0c04bbec014133cc0fd32e8bd8687c9f6a3fa53c/AnneWallace-Header.jpg" />Chewie dreams of Berlin (Traumsequenz) <img width="600" height="338" width_o="600" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aecd6aa02bf6618fdf493cef1a72db57fcb2c0ccd16e05952b0b758a4a57cfc6/chewie-01.jpg" data-mid="55386361" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/aecd6aa02bf6618fdf493cef1a72db57fcb2c0ccd16e05952b0b758a4a57cfc6/chewie-01.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="338" width_o="600" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06ce79611451bf35f2f70f3c1a94af18266d1a3a9ce4c718c42cb535a629b08c/chewie-02.jpg" data-mid="55386210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/06ce79611451bf35f2f70f3c1a94af18266d1a3a9ce4c718c42cb535a629b08c/chewie-02.jpg" /> <img width="600" height="338" width_o="600" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42666ce4f9c1ff2248e377652b7fedd4210d9224bd2545bdfeff059231afe0d6/chewie-03.jpg" data-mid="55386211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/42666ce4f9c1ff2248e377652b7fedd4210d9224bd2545bdfeff059231afe0d6/chewie-03.jpg" /> Chewie se va de pinta / Chewie takes a day off / Chewie macht blauVideo Work in ProgressFilmed in San Antonio, Texas, and Berlin, Germany https://annewallaceart.com/Dancing-the-Ruins-2019 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:50:07 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Dancing-the-Ruins-2019 Dancing the Ruins 3-Channel Video11:47 minutes 2019 I love to dance. Dancing is part of my personal journey into my body to release childhood trauma. I wondered if there was an intersection between that journey and the cultural journey to heal the violence of human rights violations and forced migration. I was filming couples dancing in neglected and abandoned architectural spaces in the rapidly changing urban core of San Antonio when I was awarded the Blue Star Contemporary residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, in Berlin. So I extended the project there, where I met a group of refugees from Syria who turned out to be a hip-hop crew. Remembering 'never leave a person in their trauma story,' I began asking the question, "Is the dance floor a space of healing personal and cultural trauma?" Invariably the answer was Yes, offered with an explanation of the significance for each person or community. The dance floor is a contact point, a border. I don't ask your name, country, immigration status or story. I look into your eyes and put my hand on your shoulder. You don't know about my life. You put your hand on my waist and lead me across the floor. https://annewallaceart.com/Un-mundo-raro-2014 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:18:55 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Un-mundo-raro-2014 Un Mundo RaroSD and HD Video Experimental Documentary6:45 minutes 2013 Un Mundo Raro is the title of one of José Alfredo Jiménez' greatest songs, which includes the line, 'when they ask about your past, say you come from a strange world where you've never known love or sorrow.' Most of this material was shot on the US/Mexico border during a series of trips from 2004 - 2008, with additional footage documenting the drug war taken from the web (noted in the Credits). Propelled by an indie rock song (RadTimesXpress, Courtesy of Drag City Records), fast paced scenes of high-stakes public life explore several themes: family, immigration, ecology, economics, the brutality of poverty and the drug trade. The relationship between image and sound is the inverse of my 2004 film, El Otro Lado, in which human voice and nature recordings carry the narrative while the border wall provides a relentless visual. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da0be24dd79c209b45666e88f6ad66f8dff314129cb0f9b42f3018b4001c77e2/Un-mundo-raro-1.jpg" data-mid="52402804" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da0be24dd79c209b45666e88f6ad66f8dff314129cb0f9b42f3018b4001c77e2/Un-mundo-raro-1.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="480" width_o="720" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f83a3af6a300fada4e691648251c2c3fc57e8b560f408e528ae3c17d1c11b9fe/Un-mundo-raro-Small-3.jpg" data-mid="52402802" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/f83a3af6a300fada4e691648251c2c3fc57e8b560f408e528ae3c17d1c11b9fe/Un-mundo-raro-Small-3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8466130a098257c7438448b6e512ecb9743d3f2c099f849086f312aec89bd843/Un-mundo-raro-Small-2.jpg" data-mid="52402801" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8466130a098257c7438448b6e512ecb9743d3f2c099f849086f312aec89bd843/Un-mundo-raro-Small-2.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="480" width_o="720" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2da32eded238845c737d89e1ea308dfc56282ac45fc98dedd7344e9b3b07b444/Un-mundo-raro-Small-4.jpg" data-mid="52402803" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/2da32eded238845c737d89e1ea308dfc56282ac45fc98dedd7344e9b3b07b444/Un-mundo-raro-Small-4.jpg" /> "An eco-feminist take on the border," Norma E. Cantú, Murchison Professor of Humanities at Trinity University and award-winning author of Canícula, Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera "I am moved in so many ways ... I can't get it out of my head." Refugio Romo, author of El Puente/The Bridge and The Border Is Burning https://annewallaceart.com/Epoca-de-Oro-Golden-Age-2013 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:29:07 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Epoca-de-Oro-Golden-Age-2013 Video: Erik Bosse Época de Oro / Golden Age Nine kinetic rings in clusters of three; 5' H x 8' diameter each Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center&nbsp; City of San Antonio commission&nbsp; 2013 The extermination of the buffalo in the late 19th century and the suppression of wildfire have made native grasslands one of the most endangered habitats in the country. In Golden Age, I used off-the-shelf side roll irrigator wheels clad in custom reflective hardware to create a flickering effect across Hardberger Park's restored savanna, alluding to the natural phenomenon of fire on a prairie. As the grassland matures, the gold rings appear to hover just above the savanna where the sun and wind bounce light off the tops of the grasses, drawing the eye and the imagination out onto the land, reflecting its beauty and encouraging viewers to consider the course of our relationship to the natural world. The title refers to the color of the work but is also somewhat ironic. The earliest attested reference to a golden age is 6th century Greek poet Hesiod's description of a good and noble era, before the invention of the arts and private property, when the earth's abundance provided for all and people lived communally and in harmony with nature.&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="797" width_o="1200" height_o="797" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd5792d1056d6e010d49d2b563fd3e03e6f88b16796abeed27b61afd6798d8d5/GoldenAge-3.jpg" data-mid="52404268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd5792d1056d6e010d49d2b563fd3e03e6f88b16796abeed27b61afd6798d8d5/GoldenAge-3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7e685829733b3ed909f3c1d2956549d52074f01fbf09054e8acf153a489304c/GoldenAge-5.jpg" data-mid="52404270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7e685829733b3ed909f3c1d2956549d52074f01fbf09054e8acf153a489304c/GoldenAge-5.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cc6765ed22447a2db1b49ed392c7ab77f5f6f25f9772987c2ea4e2348264e85/GoldenAge-2.jpg" data-mid="52404267" border="0" alt="(L to R) Fabricator Max Patino, Jos&eacute; Baldazo and friend" data-caption="(L to R) Fabricator Max Patino, José Baldazo and friend" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4cc6765ed22447a2db1b49ed392c7ab77f5f6f25f9772987c2ea4e2348264e85/GoldenAge-2.jpg" /> <img width="3072" height="2304" width_o="3072" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1d20a4320c6f41e02064dc6901c091d5265fa4f80f05fd6ae40b1e961969e75/Assembly-Crew_Golden-Age_2140.JPG" data-mid="63214059" border="0" alt="Assembly Crew (L to R): Zakiyah Hasan, Amanda Flores, Ruth Leonella Buentello, Rebecca Sosa. (36,000+ pieces of hardware!)" data-caption="Assembly Crew (L to R): Zakiyah Hasan, Amanda Flores, Ruth Leonella Buentello, Rebecca Sosa. (36,000+ pieces of hardware!)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1d20a4320c6f41e02064dc6901c091d5265fa4f80f05fd6ae40b1e961969e75/Assembly-Crew_Golden-Age_2140.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://annewallaceart.com/The-Once-and-Future-River-2010 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:08:31 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/The-Once-and-Future-River-2010 <img width="2000" height="1331" width_o="2000" height_o="1331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5597cf02c54ac9118dacb2e7db09098514d8a2ccf1ec844480d27a6e1652f0fb/River-12.jpg" data-mid="52406834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5597cf02c54ac9118dacb2e7db09098514d8a2ccf1ec844480d27a6e1652f0fb/River-12.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d2ceaeb59075dbd4c0162f6e8e0a6427338fdc4f25cc0cd6d7f96c86d2c037/River-05.jpg" data-mid="52406828" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93d2ceaeb59075dbd4c0162f6e8e0a6427338fdc4f25cc0cd6d7f96c86d2c037/River-05.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/807725d249fb340c04f1fcb0f9f1bd3a61a4f07c3f5e849a074c27ce06497a8b/River-13.jpg" data-mid="52406835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/807725d249fb340c04f1fcb0f9f1bd3a61a4f07c3f5e849a074c27ce06497a8b/River-13.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d708eeecddcf22d3249c80e13ccbaa5bda093887d62ed96d680ded767b690a6/River-06.jpg" data-mid="52406829" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d708eeecddcf22d3249c80e13ccbaa5bda093887d62ed96d680ded767b690a6/River-06.jpg" /> Photos: Mark Menjivar The Once and Future River Engraved concrete and sandstone Pedestrian bridge at Mission Concepción, 80' long x 25' wide&nbsp; San Antonio Riverwalk Mission Reach&nbsp; City of San Antonio and San Antonio River Foundation Commission 2010 Plants and animals reflecting the natural history of the San Antonio River are engraved around the perimeter of the concrete bridge deck, in sandstone blocks along the bridge shoulders and in boulders nearby. The design, inspired by the "orientation views" often seen in Egyptian tomb reliefs and Mayan depictions of architecture, link the natural and built environments. The more deeply etched designs in the stonescollect water during rainstorms and floods, creating micro-pools for thirsty pollinators. <img width="1000" height="686" width_o="1000" height_o="686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2f37144903710940ed84642dffa32367a295bb070e1671e130ca0eadfc1c416/River-10.jpg" data-mid="52406832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2f37144903710940ed84642dffa32367a295bb070e1671e130ca0eadfc1c416/River-10.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1331" width_o="2000" height_o="1331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cdbe5f2603b1e5f385a192e10e4303ab8cddc1eab54fc651ddc834625b4da53/River-11.jpg" data-mid="52406833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cdbe5f2603b1e5f385a192e10e4303ab8cddc1eab54fc651ddc834625b4da53/River-11.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="665" width_o="1000" height_o="665" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1344fe54ea899a85fc4940fb3f0149ab364924a433bf153326e281437484ba5/River-09.jpg" data-mid="52406831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1344fe54ea899a85fc4940fb3f0149ab364924a433bf153326e281437484ba5/River-09.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d80d2113f2569cbdba4e244a2633f35acc37c3d943610017a71ac322326de27/River-02.jpg" data-mid="52406825" border="0" alt="Daniel Gonzales, Blazing Lasers " data-caption="Daniel Gonzales, Blazing Lasers " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d80d2113f2569cbdba4e244a2633f35acc37c3d943610017a71ac322326de27/River-02.jpg" /> <img width="4256" height="2832" width_o="4256" height_o="2832" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fb534399acb4fda7840978184084fc22b9f1bb53ab738c8c28e609a16491e60/Art-laying-stencil-71.jpg" data-mid="63336979" border="0" alt="Arthur Gutierrez, Blazing Lasers" data-caption="Arthur Gutierrez, Blazing Lasers" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fb534399acb4fda7840978184084fc22b9f1bb53ab738c8c28e609a16491e60/Art-laying-stencil-71.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="750" width_o="1000" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c9e6448210ea7db78b08f502d1f8224ee2f24d8356a047742e5aab17eb839ea/River-03.jpg" data-mid="52406826" border="0" alt="Joseph De Los Santos, Blazing Lasers " data-caption="Joseph De Los Santos, Blazing Lasers " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c9e6448210ea7db78b08f502d1f8224ee2f24d8356a047742e5aab17eb839ea/River-03.jpg" /> https://annewallaceart.com/Sidewalk-Oral-History-Projects-2004-2010 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:06:50 +0000 Anne Wallace https://annewallaceart.com/Sidewalk-Oral-History-Projects-2004-2010 <img width="2592" height="1944" width_o="2592" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8278a079c10290ab51b21b71306573ab4e52dadc6638792befdad487a02c2ba/IMG_1435.jpg" data-mid="60634567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8278a079c10290ab51b21b71306573ab4e52dadc6638792befdad487a02c2ba/IMG_1435.jpg" /> <img width="2565" height="1908" width_o="2565" height_o="1908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2486f9b5a0eec6da42de8e30c37fa787c63838f7903112d6cbcfd6d1f514d51a/IMG_2303.JPG" data-mid="60632898" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2486f9b5a0eec6da42de8e30c37fa787c63838f7903112d6cbcfd6d1f514d51a/IMG_2303.JPG" /> <img width="1593" height="1195" width_o="1593" height_o="1195" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7de8e5657c6c4d8e1112b1cb9dff1186a3a6b4a9df606865cd9b5534b1013974/IMG_1352_1.JPG" data-mid="60632925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7de8e5657c6c4d8e1112b1cb9dff1186a3a6b4a9df606865cd9b5534b1013974/IMG_1352_1.JPG" /> The Unofficial Story: Sidewalk Oral Histories Southtown Improvements, City of San Antonio commission, 2004Florida Street Improvements, City of San Antonio commission, 2008 John Michael Kohler Art Center and the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2009-2010 These recollections - gathered from dozens of interviews I conducted over many months - evoke life before San Antonio's oldest neighborhood’s close ties to downtown were broken and its communities dispersed by urban renewal projects. Inspired by concrete makers’ marks - an indelible piece of labor history - I developed a technique for stamping longtime residents' stories into the sidewalks along the streets where they grew up. As children on their way to school, locals and tourists walk and read, they are reconnecting the past and present of a changing city. Panels at the beginning and end of each street acknowledge the contributors by name. &nbsp; For my residency at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, I developed a movable typesetting system to make the stamping process faster and more flexible, which enabled community volunteers to participate in laying down those stories. <img width="1920" height="1440" width_o="1920" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b9e4079f11c265bf7c2a099587090fa6163b541b14dfb42cd6e8b6df98c12a2/IMG_1433.jpg" data-mid="52415715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b9e4079f11c265bf7c2a099587090fa6163b541b14dfb42cd6e8b6df98c12a2/IMG_1433.jpg" /> <img width="2587" height="1724" width_o="2587" height_o="1724" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3934bbf5af1f802578821c771ac9c9b73f94600f63e55f291dfb0b61bcbf65e3/IMG_0174_2.JPG" data-mid="60634028" border="0" data-scale="100" 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