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Alex is The current w/age and es at Cass ith Public tree line, et ter public Giant hoax y landscape once site Nov, and a ssemble this Taughhan unty Touris 0 feet from t vise the pu were ents from with this. of murals by uncil Chamber 2nd - t – sed cket s tc. that e gain s ock, sm the ublic y rs, Community Life Commission August 19, 2019 2 Ithaca Moves Sculpture also has 2nd sculpture grant and Request for Qualifications were just sent out and Alex will come to future meeting to get CLC recommendations, this was different process as it was through Community Arts Partnership (CAP) that chose the artist, similar to Art in the Heart. There were some questions/concerns from members regarding possible vote/referendum regarding recommendation of sculptures and getting feedback from wider range of people; Alex will have artist renders as well. Some concerns were: there are different tastes in the public arena and one person doesn’t like it and some love it – how do you accommodate a range of taste with public art? It’s not offensive, but general tastes – it was explained that is where the public comments come in and suggestion of having a large variety of public art so there are more choices/variety. Have more public opinion and have a larger public comment? How are any submissions submitted/circulated to the public? Follow same path as the mural, this is different as it is sculpture, notification to people within 400’ from the site of mural and then post on public website and press release to different publications of new art coming to the city. Since this would be in a park and is a sculpture, Alex will speak with Megan to have more robust strategy than with the murals. Permission to circulate the sculpture - Keeler made motion and Das 2nd – All in favor of Alex moving forward with publication of sculpture, The Tompkins Giant Project. Chair advised that they have just received updated forms from Dan Cogan to create working group at end of last week which has more concrete info/forms for working groups. Public Art Mural Subcommittee - Keeler stated that he has proposal for line item for art for City Budget; who will administrate this: John Spence Director of Community Arts Partnership, regarding past /historical there was $ 10,000 in past on the budget – late 90’s. John Spence would be interested in help administrating the funds. We recommend there is a budget line item for public art and send along to Common Council to vote and there would be a mechanism in the works that CAP would administer it and get City’s point of view, including meeting with Megan, Joann, Alex, etc., for maintenance fund for existing art, etc., The proposed language read out to members: Community Life Commission hereby recommends that City Council create a $10,000.00 line item for Public Art in the 2020 Budget to support maintenance of current works and commission new public art work; Community Life Commission has been in communication with John Spence of Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) to help assist the City to help administrate funds for maintenance and new art commissions. Talk with Community Arts Partnership (CAP) to get suggestions of language and more background and what the deadline would be for Common Council to have the specific info; get more information from Alex concerning city property for current art already in place – come here to CLC to get permission to get that sculptor/mural to get maintenance and currently artist cannot just fix existing artwork w/o approval from CLC Community Life Commission August 19, 2019 3 on City property. In some cases artist no longer in the area and maintenance would help preserve the artwork. Final language with CLC Member’s input: Community Life Commission hereby recommends that City Council create a $10,000.00 line item for Public Art in the 2020 Budget to support maintenance of current works and commission new public art work. Conversations have begun with Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) and City Planning and will continue to develop the best way to administer funds. Vote on final language – Bakhle 1st and Byrne 2nd motion, all in favor for recommendation for City to put a public art budge line for 2020. Note to Mayor and cc’d Dan Cogan and Deb Mehlonoff. Chair to send the language from minutes. Chair Swayze discussed email that was forwarded from Tom Shelley regarding the Anthropocene Sculpture. Someone to connect with Tom Shelley to find out more information and what exactly is wanted and it seems they are looking for site for this art piece. This sculpture currently in place at CU and consists of old car parts in a circle and looking to have it placed within the City. Chair will email Tom and follow up to refer him to Planning Department and they can follow up with CLC. This is connected to projects at CU as well. Keeler matching funds for public art line so he has meeting set up with Gary Stewart with CU regarding art work and invite him to one of our meetings once we have our project form and working group organized and that will be the next step to have him then come. Suggestions that we reach out ahead of time and we are interested in hearing from CU regarding matching city funds and can give him a heads up regarding the MOU. Flag – Hillson in process of writing up from the video from City Council meeting and in process of writing something up with Chair. Cornell Working Group – Byrne working on Commission Project Plan Form. They have met, and between Byrne and Hillson they have are now working on getting on the form and who else are the players that would be good to have as a working group less commissions more advisors/general population. CLC to brainstorm ideas of who would be good: INHS, having someone from housing, Human Services Coalition, CC Action, any other input as advisors that have good knowledge and/or just a part of the working group to do research? Check in with Nels who is Director of IURA, Collegetown Neighborhood Council, Marty’s Postal on Dryden Rd (Uncle Marty’s Shipping & Storage) and Downtown Ithaca Alliance, in their group or businesses affiliated. One question we had was about in the MOU it vague about what should be done by Cornell and there were commitments made - were they documented? Is there a list CU has and what they have contributed? Maybe asking CU to provide a list of what they have given/contributed to the City? Have contributed to housing fund, TCAT, Library, etc., Community Life Commission August 19, 2019 4 good to see the whole list. When inviting them to meeting ask for outline of all different places CU has contributed and $$ figures, where it’s going. Members to give other ideas, people or places to be emailed to Byrne and Chair. Once Byrne has draft, send the CPP to Chair. Shopping Carts Follow Up: Bakhle touched based with Scriber and neither have had success contacting retailers, they are unresponsive, what’s lacking is the understanding of how the carts are abandoned and get the research and receive recommendation from Common Council for research from City Forester. Chair advised CLC should create first report back to Council and update them on this, give these suggestions and get permission to have research from City Forester. Bakhle & Scriber to get more information they can gather on that and get point by point of what has been done. The July minutes have all the proposals/details and proposals; Bakhle will put together an initial progress report by September’s meeting and give to City Admin, Chair Deb Mehlenoff. Bakhle to draft proposal to Chair Swayze. Any ideas from CLC members? Keeler emailed members pictures and info regarding retailer’s in San Jose. The piece regarding retailer paying a fee and completing form. It makes businesses bear some of the cost of recouping carts; business should provide some of the cost in recouping the carts and basically the City of Ithaca is providing a service to local retailers. Why people need them and how to help with that is another piece of this as well. Sexual Harassment Training with Leslie for remainder of the meeting 6:58 pm Adjourned Next Meeting: Monday, September 16, 2019, 6:00 p.m., Common Council Chambers, 3rd Floor Adjournment: On a motion, the meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by, Jody Hallett-Harris, Executive Assistant The Tompkins Giant Project Sculpture title: Gromely Artist: Jarod Charzewski Contact info: Jarodcharzewski@hotmail.com Cell: 612-701-4883 The Tompkins Giant Project has inspired me to create something grand in scale and visually fantastic. Something that will be a landmark for the town of Ithaca NY that will inspire its residence as well as its visitors for years to come. Gromely is the name of the figure I have designed. It encapsulates aspects of the original story of the Tompkins Giant as well it fosters a sense of fantasy and wonder. Drawings The towering sculpture stands a full 20 feet tall. The piece is designed with an armature or skeleton of steel tubing that will be bolted together on site. In keeping with the conceptual thread of my portfolio the outer layer would be made mostly of recycled steel tubing with sizes ranging from 1, 2 and 4-inch square and welded together. This material was chosen for its durability in the natural elements. This will provide a maintenance free public sculpture long into the future. Each piece of the outer lay er would have a patina that would create a spectrum of natural colors to blend with fall colors of the region. The entire piece will be sprayed in a clear finish to ensure a lasting protective coat. The Outer Shell Like all my public work consultation with a structural engineer would take place. This would provide a credible method of construction of the steel tubes as well as the foundation. The piece would be built entirely in my studio space at the College of Charleston. There I have ample space and equipment to build the piece as well as plenty of assistance to help stay on schedule. I would transport the sculpture to Ithaca in pieces and assemble it in place. The piece would require a reinforced concrete slab be poured in place. There would be nothing unique about the slab and can be poured by any local contractor. The Armature Foundation The armature would be anchored to the slab using ASTM F1554 10”x 5/8” hot dipped galvanized threaded rod. The rods would be fastened to the slab with a Hilti HY- Hit 200A injectable adhesive or as prescribed by my structural engineer. I have used this syst em for much heavier loads in the past and always had great success. Budget Fabrication expenses $1200.00 New steel tubing for armature $2100.00 Recycled steel tubing for outer layer $1800.00 Patina $250.00 Clear coat sealer $420.00 Installation expenses $450.00 Fabrication assistance $2700.00 Shipping $3300.00 Personal Travel $350.00 Accommodations on site for 5 nights $400.00 Artist fee $5030.00 Total $18000.00 Site preparation The piece would require a minimum 16’x14’x6” reinforced concrete slab. This would need to be poured 7 days before my arrival. The cost of the slab would be between $3500.00 and $4000.00. I would need two able volunteers to help assemble the piece. I would require a JLG Telescopic Boom Lift rented for duration of the install. On site assembly would take between 2 and 4 days. Time frame Late June - consult with my structural engineer July 1st - begin fabrication Mid-September - complete fabrication Late September – ship to Ithaca NY Early October – 4 days to install - project complete 16 feet14 feet 20 feet 1 SITE #1 1 ART, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL VISION In the perceptual rendering of human experience and thought, art both reflects social existence, and asserts the possibility for transforming social existence. Art’s capacity for transformative perception holds potential for enriching social science, given society’s inability to resolve its twin existential dilemmas, namely growing economic inequality and escalating climate change. Any practical solution to either of these dilemmas depends upon social transformation. This, in turn, depends upon people’s capacity to envision transformation and its rationale, as well as the final result. Positive social transformation is possible to the extent that leaders, along with a significant number of people, hold fast to a clear vision of what needs to change and how a new society can come about. Social transformation is presently underway due to innovations in science and technology, giving humanity the opportunity to consciously shape its own future. This proposition is evident when examining rates of change over the past 50 years (Ford 2014; Green 2019; Kaku 1998). Since their invention in the 1960s, microprocessors have grown in processing power exponentially, as has scientific knowledge. This suggests that future economic, social and political structures will be organized around qualitatively different logic, and that the character of this difference will be determined by what people do. Our proposed multidisciplinary collaboration is between an artist and a social scientist. It deploys a sculpture to inspire and organize thinking on the present state of the world (economically and ecologically), and to imagine future possibilities about what can and should be. The proposed sculpture "Anthropocene" will be placed on Cornell campus and is a large hollow circle, 12’ high, comprised of industrial relics, trashed car parts, crushed and welded to an interior frame. The colors of the parts illustrate climate temperature zone; chrome bumpers at the top and bottom represent the Arctic/Antarctic, the adjacent level made from green and yellow parts corresponding to bodies of water and plant life, and the equator region is red and orange corresponding to the warmer equatorial region. Solar lights are affixed within the crushed parts, illuminating the structure at night, mimicking earth’s solar halo on its dark side, and symbolizing ‘sustainability.’ The round form illustrates unity and our shared space on earth; cause and effect. The meaning is: what goes around comes around. Industrial fossil fuels are the largest source of greenhouse gasses, and automobiles symbolize the destructive use of industrial era technology for private profit. At earlier stages of development, the auto industry provided mass industrial employment. Cars were a symbol of social status and seeming efficiency. Humanity now has the technological capacity to build electric cars, and more broadly, to establish new sets of relationships that address the public purpose for planetary balance benefitting from the ever-evolving tools of science. Description of activity/project The sculpture is designed by artist Monica Franciscus (2019) and built in collaboration with a team of welders and contractors. Taitem Engineering (2019) has provided stamped structural drawings Viewers may interact directly with the Anthropocene sculpture by walking through it; it is slightly sunk into the ground. There will be a plaque nearby with a website address where the public can partake in a questionnaire, and offer commentary. The website will feature the project rationale, and a blog. 2 Several separate audiences will engage with the sculpture. First, Cornell scientists, among the architects of the ongoing scientific revolution, will be interviewed for their take on the present global economic and ecological crises and possible solutions. Second, the sculpture will engage local residents whose feedback is particularly interesting given that Ithaca is within the “rust belt region” which has been deindustrializing since the 1970s. The proposal is integrated with a large undergraduate class (DSoc 1101; taught by the principal investigator) to experiment with the sculpture as a component of the curriculum. The students will conduct interviews (a Human Subjects IRB application is currently under review). The artist will approach elementary, middle and high schools to conduct workshops about the sculpture, to discuss art and society and how materials in the sculpture convey social concepts. Visitors will be encouraged to leave comments on the website, and a set of self-selected DSoc 1101 students will analyze these comments and the questionnaire, and respond to a set of four structured questions, and the responses posted to a research blog. These students will have substituted their final examination for work on the sculpture research, namely interviewing scientists, analyzing the survey data and posting findings to a class sponsored research blog. The artist will respond to the students’ posts, and the principal investigator will utilize these interactions to facilitate a two-way dialogue between social science concepts and art. The boundaries of each discipline will be explored, and forms of fruitful interaction identified. This project aims to: 1) Illustrate and conceptualize the frontier between art and social science, and possibilities for stimulating and inspiring awareness and efforts toward social transformation; 2) determine the extent that citizens' and scientists’ conceptualization fit real possibilities for sustainable and equitable development under the options presented by current technological means and scientific trends; 3) estimate how scientists and citizens define and understand the conceptual interrelationships between sustainability, inequality, science and technology, and the extent that the sculpture assists in furthering this understanding. References Ford, M. (2015). The rise of the robots: Technology and threat of a jobless future. New York: Basic Books. Franciscus, Monica. (2019). Art by Monica Franciscus, www.artbymf.com. Green, M. A. (2019). “How did solar cells get so cheap?” Joule 3:631-33. Kaku, M. (1998). Visions: How science will revolutionize the 21st Century. New York: Dell. Taitem Engineering. (2019). Anthropocene sculpture, Cornell University. (Electronic file, architectural drawing, www.taitem.com). NY State Plane, Central GRS 80 Datum Map Source: Tompkins County Digital Planimetric Map 1991-2019 Data Source: City of Ithaca Department of Planning, Property Management Database, 2019 Map Prepared by: Dept. of Planning, City of Ithaca, NY, September, 2019 WOOD ST ELMIRA R D SPENCER RDS PLAIN STMOR RI S HT S HYERS ST PARK ST W SPENCER STS ALBANY STFAIR STS CAYUGA STS GENEVA STSTONE QUARRY RDW SPENCER ST± City of Ithaca, NY — City Owned parcels 0 400 Feet