Slinkys = art in Fort Point

Want to see something both silly and cool? Slink over to Fort Point this afternoon after 3, when neighborhood artist Lisa Greenfield will be installing "Coil/Recoil" on the Summer Street Bridge over A Street. She'll use 400 Slinkys to represent "the resiliency of the neighborhood and it's ability to bounce back. The larger metaphor of the piece is the resiliency of the economy and the country." Her goal, she says, "was to create a fun piece that can be taken at face value -  something to brighten the neighborhood and bring a little levity to the public arena - but also with a subtext of resilience and recovery." The piece was funded with a grant from the Fort Point Arts Community as part of their Fall Open Studios Public Art Series in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Fort Point Open Studios on Oct. 16-18. "Coil/Recoil" will be on view through Dec. 3.

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[MarkB]

Lord save us from artistic metaphors.