CONSTRUCTION ART
While in SoHo tonight I came across a series of chain-link fences with colorful pixel patterns in the intersection of Broadway and Houston.
What is it? Elaborate ad campaign? Modern piece of construction? Abstract art? All of the above (sort of).
It's an art installation called the "Houston Fence", created by architects Carlos J. Gómez de Llarena, Carolina Cisneros and Mateo Pintó. The same team behind the "Fulton Fence" in Lower Manhattan, which was part of the larger "Re:Construction" project designed to "turn Downtown New York construction zones into sites for unexpected and engaging public-art and architecture projects."
As innovative and cool as the "Houston Fence" is, I was really surprised to learn that it is not the first of its kind. Turns out a company in Fort Worth, Texas called Put-In-Cups produces these colorful plastic, diamond-shaped cups that snap onto chain-link fences. Their site features endless samples of Put-In-Cups being used to create signs, logos, and art work on chain-link fences at schools, businesses, and homes.
Am I the only one who's never heard of Put-In-Cups? I really need to get out of the city more often.
DLM
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What is it? Elaborate ad campaign? Modern piece of construction? Abstract art? All of the above (sort of).
It's an art installation called the "Houston Fence", created by architects Carlos J. Gómez de Llarena, Carolina Cisneros and Mateo Pintó. The same team behind the "Fulton Fence" in Lower Manhattan, which was part of the larger "Re:Construction" project designed to "turn Downtown New York construction zones into sites for unexpected and engaging public-art and architecture projects."
As innovative and cool as the "Houston Fence" is, I was really surprised to learn that it is not the first of its kind. Turns out a company in Fort Worth, Texas called Put-In-Cups produces these colorful plastic, diamond-shaped cups that snap onto chain-link fences. Their site features endless samples of Put-In-Cups being used to create signs, logos, and art work on chain-link fences at schools, businesses, and homes.
Am I the only one who's never heard of Put-In-Cups? I really need to get out of the city more often.
DLM
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