PICA and ORLO are welcoming San Francisco’s arts group ReBar for a lecture and Q & A tomorrow night, Thursday, March 27 at 6:30 PM at AIA Portland (403 NW 11th). Admission is free at the door. Reserved seating tickets available online at www.orlo.org.
ReBar probably got the most notice for projects like Park[ing] Day where they transformed metered parking spots into temporary public parks with sod, tree, and park bench. Perhaps more interesting is their COMMONspace project, an exploration, cataloguing and interaction with (performance action) San Francisco’s increasing number of privately-owned public spaces addressing questions surrounding just how public they are and which of our fistful of rights we can claim (free speech?) when we’re in those spaces.
This is their first visit to Portland. PICA hopes to see the visit “energize the Portland design community to challenge current ideas of public space and discuss issues concerning our built environment.” Hear hear.
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