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| Thomas Dunning photo |
The text from HOTTEA in the blog linked above suggests that I-35 might function rather like rivers in the pre-automobile, pre-railroad era. Interesting thought which makes some sense once one has it. Rivers were used to link places together because they provided a ready means of transportation, but they also separated people who lived on opposite sides of them. The people across the river were rendered "other," unless, of course, there was a spot that allowed fording or a bridge. Hence settlements grew up at those spots.
A significant difference: the rivers were there before the human settlements. At the time the interstate system was constructed, it was more likely to divide (or even displace) pre-existing communities than to offer a "fording place." Now, decades latter, it has allowed the development of new suburban communities based upon the initial ease of a commute to employment.
This installation uses blue and green yarns reminiscent of the water.
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