Community Forms by Matt Barton

Artist: Matt Barton

Title: Community Forms

Medium: Archival pigment print on 100% cotton rag, from an edition of 5

Size: 24 x 36 inches 

Markings: Signed and hand numbered, Sugar Press chop mark

Date: 2023

Matt Barton

Community Forms, Denver, CO 2021

Photo Credit: - Third Dune Productions

Community Forms is a site-specific art installation designed as a mixed-use community space in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood. Part rainwater drainage system, part recreational space, this project invites “freeform creative interaction” while also functioning to divert and filter stormwater before entering the South Platte River. This project was completed during a Black Cube Nomadic Museum artist fellowship and as the first FEMA “Arts in Mitigation” public art project (which means this spot was funded by the Department of Homeland Security). Additional funding came from Black Cube and TAXI by Zeppelin where the project lives. Phantom Concrete killed it on recreating the clay model in concrete. Huge thanks to Black Cube for all the support, Phantom Concrete, TAXI, and FEMA.