Maria MortatiÕs not-very-comprehensive-list of notes, projects
and resources related to waterfronts
A few Bay Area artists & Projects
Artist Peter Richards famous
ÒWave OrganÓ in the Marina of SF:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/arts/28sfculture.html
Artist Mark Brest van
KempenÕs work:
http://www.greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-51.html
Artist Daniel McCormickÕs work:
http://danielmccormick.blogspot.com/
The Bay Model:
http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/
Hidden Ecologies Project:
http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/hiddenecologies/?p=276#more-276
South Bay Salt Pond Preservation Project
http://www.southbayrestoration.org/science/
Kite Aerial Photography segment from KQED Quest:
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/06/23/cameras-that-float-through-the-air/
Ledia Carroll project at Southern Exposure:
http://soex.org/person/91.html
Bureau of Urban Secrets waterfront tour at Southern Exposure:
http://soex.org/pastsoexoffsiteprojects.html
Outdoor Exploratorium final installation site at Fort
Mason:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/outdoor/
- /vrlocation/you-are-here/
Outdoor
Explo Exhibit development techniques (from team work on the Outdoor
Exploratorium project):
Exhibit Development
Techniques:
Technique
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framing
/ pointing
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amplification
– using technology to heighten a specific sense perception
|
translation
– converting and recording the behavior of phenomena into another media
synesthesia
– converting something commonly
perceived
by one sense into another sense
perception
(hearing what is usually seen, etc)
|
hunting,
gaming, puzzling – encouraging sharpness of observation by posing a
hidden
challenge
or puzzle as a noticing exercise
|
scaling
– making big things small, small things big
|
disruption
– altering the expected form or arrangement of a familiar thing to
enhance noticing
|
Thematic content is the topic or the particular
dimension of the environment that visitors are investigating. These can be
organized into four major dimensions:
Thematic
Content
|
Examples
|
Physical
World:
|
Natural
physical phenomena such as light, air, weather, water, landforms. Atmosphere,
geologyÉ
|
Biological
World:
|
plants,
animals, microorganisms – living systems, communities.
|
Built
World:
|
Human
built world of tools and structures: architecture, transportation,
communication, tools and technology. Applied science.
|
Cultural
World:
|
Human
behavior and modes of perception – the psychological and sociological constructs
of people, culture, and communities
|
Book: Between Pacific Tides, excellent resource:
http://www.amazon.com/Between-Pacific-Tides-Edward-Ricketts/dp/0804720681
A few local groups:
Projects further afield
Fantastic List of projects and resources can be found
here:
http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/node/71
MOMA/Rising Currents:
MOMA
NYC: Rising Currents: imagining waterfronts with a higher sea level
ÒRising Currents: Projects
for New YorkÕs Waterfront,Ó É they vary from spongy streets to reefs made of
glass or oysters to apartment buildings dangling above the brine. Despite their
varied approaches, all the teams agree that the traditional
solution—barricading the city behind high, hard walls—is just a
start. They craft a waterfront thatÕs more like a beach than a bulwark: a soft
urban edge that welcomes waves, drinks them up and puts them to work, and lets
floodwaters ebb without drama.Ó
The future could involve
dismantling the seawall, ringing the harbor with wetlands, and embracing the
cityÕs maritime identity. This seems at first like surrender—throw open
the floodgates, let in the tides—but itÕs more like jujitsu engineering.
A mushy, absorbent coastline is natureÕs defense against storm surges, and it
doesnÕt need a tryout: We know it works.Ó
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1031
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23383&page=1
Municipal Art Society NYCÕs vide on a vision for the waterfront:
A Vision for the East Side Waterfront from MAS on Vimeo.
Clip from Municipal Art
Society, NYC watefront teaser, ÒCity of WaterÓ:
Artist Bruce OdlandÕs outdoor listening project at NYC Battery Park: ÒBlue
MoonÓ
http://www.o-a.info/bluemoon/frameset.html
Scientific Project at Lake Champlain, a partnership
with the USGS and a local TV station:
http://nh.water.usgs.gov/echo_gage/menu.htm
ÒWildzonesÓ: one of many projects seeking to create open-ended
spaces for outdoor play for kids.
http://www.wild-zone.net/www.wild-zone.net/Home.html
Funky Forest
media interactive environment:
http://www.theowatson.com/site_docs/work.php?id=41
Oslo Opera House: directly dips into the water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Opera_House
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/09/opera-house-oslo-by-sn¿hetta-2/
Global Warming Exhibit at the Teknik Museum in Oslo: visitors put on rubber boots to walk around the
space of a giant melting block of ice (photo by Gyroscope):
NYT article
on the power of people and animals at the Gulf:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/magazine/03turtles-t.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1&ref=bp_plc
SeattleÕs Center for the Wooden Boat:
Great museum which is using
the technique of teaching people to sail and care for wooden boats and
therefore building visitor ship AND retaining a skillset.
Seattle Waterfront
redevelopment tour: using the new seawall design to restore and support
habitats:
http://cristinabump.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/saf-aia-central-waterfront-tour/
MWA Town Docks:
http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/projects/docks
Teaching standards & education: ocean science mesh nicely with new emphasis on
learning standards: Learning &
teaching ocean sciences: A complex systems approach
http://oceanliteracy.wp.coexploration.org/?page_id=128
http://www.terc.edu/ourwork/afterschool.html
Considerations:
We as interpreters,
preservers, have great opportunities in terms of native and contemporary
history, aquaculture science, culture to create rich connections with the city
landscape and waterfront.
It doesnÕt have to be big,
it doesnÕt have to be permanent.
Change over time, ritualize
the exhibits; ÒseasonalizeÓ.
Landscape elements and civic
infrastructure provides a familiar physical framework for interpretation and
exhibits. From pathways, to railings and manhole covers- these objects can be
interpreted, supplemented and ambushed where possible and appropriate.
Of course plug into the
social web.
Partnerships with local
agencies, groups, and model from best practices of other cities.
Quotes:
ÒIt's
a Communication Challenge, Not a Scientific ChallengeÓ – Josh Dorfman
ÒHow many people could we
fit in Greenland once that ice melts?Ó – Stephen Colbert
ÒMy fate and the oceans are
the same fate? I donÕt live in the ocean. I ainÕt got gills, why should I care
what happens in the deep blue?Ó Ó – Stephen Colbert
ÒWe eat a lot of fish, I
mean, thatÕs supposed to be the healthy food. ThatÕs where I get my mercury. Ó
– Stephen Colbert
ÒWhat should we do about
global warming? I say take a wait and swim approachÓ – Stephen Colbert
ÒThanks to global warming,
we've almost defeated the iceberg menace. Leonardo Di Caprio, you did not die
in vain! Ó – Stephen Colbert
ÒAll the year from spring to
spring,
Water is a lovely thing.Ó - Julia W. Wolfe
ÒThe idea is to use the landscape as a playground and nature as the play
elementÓ – Mark Francis, Landscape Architect UC Davis
ÒIdeally a childs play space
should never be finished, it should be in a constant sate of change.Ó –
Susan Goltsman, Principal at Moore Iacofano Goltsman
ÒKids DonÕt Need Equipment,
They Need OpportunityÓ – Ellen Ruppel Shell, 1994