#PublicArtFinder FS2024 Pointless Prize
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I’ve revised rule #3 of the #publicartfinder game to only require posting your art find to your Strava because some of you have been unable to post to the Forum since the migration to a new platform. Posting your photo to the Forum is nice-to-do but optional.
How to play #PublicArtFinder (revised):
1. RIDE your bike AT LEAST 10 MILES, and on that ride, discover any art form (loosely defined: you know it when you see it) readily accessible to the general public. An art find on a ride that’s less than 10 miles does not count, even if you ride multiple rides in a day totaling 10 miles or more.
2. Only 1 art find per day will be counted. (This differs from Freezing Saddles 2023’s game when a player could submit 1 art find per 10-mile ride with multiple 10 mile rides per day.)
3. Share your art find via posting 1 photo to your Strava for the ride on which you discovered it. Posting also to the Forum is nice to do (easy to see all the photos in the contest in one place) but OPTIONAL.
4. All, or some part, of your bike must be in your photo or it will not count!
5. Post your photo ON THE DAY OF THE RIDE.
6. Use HASHTAG #publicartfinder (not CaSe SeNsItIvE) in your Strava Ride title so that it will appear on the FS2024 #publicartfinder leader board, which you can find here:
https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/publicartfinder
I will sweep this leader board for data periodically to feed the official #publicartfinder scorecard found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=1975917300
7. Friends of FS2024 are welcome to post, but only registered participants can win prizes.
8. Follow me on Strava (Karen Hass, https://www.strava.com/athletes/38633292) so I can follow you back and verify that your #publicartfinder rides meet all the rules.The location of your art find is nice to include with the photo so that others may find it too. A description of the art (artist, medium, circumstances for it’s creation, etc.) is also nice.
One point will be awarded for each entry that meets all the criteria above. Entries will be judged by some faceless cabal, and may be awarded additional points based on subjective criteria such as use of creative objects (like your bike interacting with your art find), composition, light, artistic flair, witty captions, great stories, # of quality submissions, # likes/kudos/dislikes, etc. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least # of miles will win.
Now go find some public art!
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#publicartfinder – 2/14/2024 – At Center and Greensboro Station in Tysons. (the bike is in the blue section, by the lamp post center, zoom way in ;))
2/14/2024 – Similar to what’s at Fort Totten, the Brookland Metro station bus area also includes artwork surrounding the bus shelters. This one is different in that it shows a depiction of the current neighborhood (as shown in this zoomed out photo – artistic shelter on the left, and the real life building on the right)
2/14 – A Subtle Trip (2023) by Rob Ley, Potomac Yard Metro South Pavillon in Alexandria VA.
A major goal of this project was to integrate the artwork into the station architecture in a way that responds to the motion and movements of users. In this artwork, each individual artwork element is unique in size and bend angle, but together the pieces work in concert to form an aggregate composition. Rob Ley’s artwork is the first in a US Transit system to introduce biophilic elements and provide credit towards LEED Transit accreditation of a Metrorail station.
2/15/24
The Wursthouse mural (below the C&O towpath & just before the CCT entrance) is a little cluttered – and look inside the windows! The building has been gutted!
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