Pocket Utopias

Pocket Utopias is an art project run by Austin Thomas that initiates community by connecting artists.
A perch placed for the kids at Alpine Montessori School.

A perch placed for the kids at Alpine Montessori School.

The perch alone.  It seems like the perch was meant for this spot.

The perch alone.  It seems like the perch was meant for this spot.

The first perchers take to the ascent - at Alpine Montessori School in Alpine, TX

The first perchers take to the ascent - at Alpine Montessori School in Alpine, TX

Cleaning the windows at the new Pocket Utopia

Cleaning the windows at the new Pocket Utopia

Installation shots from my Heiner Contemporary show, Jan. - Mar. 3rd 2012

This little perch being designed in collaboration with the Guild and so many other wonderful people is called Plaza Perch and is for the planned, not yet built Humboldt Plaza, in Brooklyn, NY.  It looks so cut like this…it will be constructed out of stainless and reclaimed Coney Island decking.  If you blow on this model it will break!

This little perch being designed in collaboration with the Guild and so many other wonderful people is called Plaza Perch and is for the planned, not yet built Humboldt Plaza, in Brooklyn, NY.  It looks so cut like this…it will be constructed out of stainless and reclaimed Coney Island decking.  If you blow on this model it will break!