with Mo Geiger and the Dr. MLK Jr. Elementary School 5th Grade Safety Patrol
King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Supported by PICA Precipice Fund and Andy Warhol Foundation
ABOUT HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR (2022-present)
The Hi-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular was a collaboration with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School 5th Grade Safety Patrol, a group of student crossing guards, culminating in a participatory pedestrian parade at King School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) to celebrate pedestrian visibility and freedom of movement in public space.
Figuring the crossing guard as connective tissue between static infrastructure and human motion in public space, Mo Geiger and I envisioned this work with the students to be a starting point for civic engagement: a way to experience the conversation between ourselves and the city.
HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR I (2022)
Hi-Viz Crosswalk Spectacular I (2022) was a colorful exhibition of the new, personalized hi-viz Safety Patrol uniforms that Mo and I co-designed with the students. Inherited by each new generation of Safety Patrol, the uniforms are interactive, wearable student artworks. The parade led to a dance party at the school’s newly painted guerilla crosswalk, and was part of Assembly, the Portland State University Art + Social Practice MFA program’s annual co-authored social practice conference.
Safety Patrol Uniform Redesign
Designed and created in collaboration with Mo Geiger and the Fifth Grade Safety Patrol
Debuted at 1st Annual Crosswalk Spectacular, Portland, OR
Select uniforms were exhibited at the Portland Building for KSMoCA: Present Days, 2022, Portland OR.
HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR II (2022-23)
Hi-Viz Crosswalk Spectacular II debuted the offical Safety Patrol Theme Song, written collaboratively by the students and myself, with music by Lucas Nathan, aka Jerry Paper. It was recorded in a school classroom by educational non-profit Friends of Noise and burned to CDs, which were distributed to every participant and co-writer of the project.
Safety Patrol Theme Song
Written in collaboration with Fifth Grade Safety Patrol and musician Lucas Nathan, aka Jerry Paper
Performed at 2nd Annual Crosswalk Spectacular, Portland, OR
