Artist rendering of 2018 TEMPO Refresh project
TEMPO, the annual program that commissions artists to create semi-temporary installations in a range of media that explore themes suitable for the outdoor environment, has announced artists selected for it 2018 cycle. As the City has done in previous cycles, ten artists were selected to create installations for each of the City’s council districts. (For project descriptions, go here.) A collective exhibition of all the works, TEMPO Convergence, will be hosted at Edward Rendon Sr. Park as part of the East Austin Studio Tour, November 10-18.
This year, TEMPO has expanded to include murals. Through the TEMPO 2D program, twelve local artists were selected to create hand-painted murals, vinyl adhesive artwork, or wall-based fiber art at locations across Austin including public parks, the Austin Bergstrom International Airport, and other high-profile locales. Another expansion of the TEMPO program this year is TEMPO Refresh, an initiative through which an artist is invited to re-imagine an existing work in the Art in Public Places (AIPP) collection. For the inaugural year of this pilot program, artist Laurie Frick will create an installation on top of and around artist Carl Trominski’s Moments–an artwork comprised of “blue signs” sited on the Lamar Bridge Underpass. The work was chosen to mark and celebrate its 15th anniversary and because it is one of the most discussed artworks in the City’s collection. Trominski has been supportive of the concept from the beginning, and generously stated, “I am totally open to a temporary artwork intervention for Moments. This project was a great opportunity for me at the time and I’m happy that it can continue to provide opportunity to others today.”
So this year, a total of 23 public artworks will be exhibited: ten sculptures through the TEMPO program, twelve murals through the newly-established TEMPO 2D, and a reimagining of Moments. Congratulations to the following artists:
TEMPO 2018 awarded artists:
Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen
Clare van Montfrans and Elizabeth Farrell
Lawrence Jolly
Allyson Lipkin
Nathan Nordstrom and Peter Krsko
Adam Owens
Rebekah Rauser
Agustina Rodriguez
Nick Schnitzer
Jamie Spinello
TEMPO 2D 2018 awarded artists:
Matthew Briar Bonifacio (TBD)
Lance Bradley (Mabel Davis Skate Park and Pool)
Show Goat Mural Works (Eiland/Moss BMX/Skate Park)
Kel Brown (Rosewood Neighborhood Park)
Veronica Ceci aka Flash Collective (30th and N. Lamar)
Rebecca Harrell (Jamie Odom Gazebo)
Jonathan ‘Chaka’ Mahone (Austin Public)
Jesse Melanson (Austin Nature and Science Center)
Christine Angelone and Alexander Bingham (Wood Hollow Drive)
Luis Angulo (Barton Springs Road)
Adreon Henry (Bartholomew Pool)
Rakhee Jain (Austin Bergstrom International Airport)
TEMPO Refresh
Laurie Frick
