Picnic

Drainage Pipe Cup
Rivet Spoon
Ballard Bowl
Bread bowl from bollard
Spoon with Dinnerware set #1
Travel pouches used in for the picnic
Backpack loaded up with lunch
Lunch in Champaign, IL
Participants sharing lunch by the train tracks in Champaign, IL
Plates, bowls and spoons set out on lawn
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This work is enacted by a small group when they join me on a picnic amongst the infrastructure.  We carry ceramic vessels of food nestled in portable sacks as we pass through train yards, under highways, through post-industrial yards, and along downtown sidewalks.  The group’s discussion wanders through peoples knowledge or experience of this space and discussions about foraging.  The porcelain implements have been created through a process of forming clay over pipes, storm water drains, parts of old bridges, train tracks and fire hydrants—objects in this urban environment that are part of the city’s movement infrastructure.