Mixed media installation. Canvas, acrylic, thread, springs, metal.

Tension in the Neighborhood Fabric consists of 73 little house shaped canvases that were each sewn, painted and then embroidered with the neighborhood demographics for each dwelling within a couple blocks of my house. They are all held together/tensioned with little springs. This work is a reaction to conversations with some of my neighbors about Denver rezoning the entire center city and the issues of race, gentrification, preservation, property values & rights that came up in those talks. I sought to document what existed on the eve of that change. Demographics include the following information:
Age of Building
Skin Color of Occupants
Condition of Property
# of Residents
Dwelling Size

portfolio > Inner, 2009, Core New Art Space. > Tension in the Neighborhood Fabric (Detail)