CONTEXTS

The Mystic River and the Chelsea creek are ancestral waters to first nations people, fish, waterfowl, plants and additional geological histories. Many stories have been erased, many species rendered extinct. We acknowledge these energies, these losses and still endeavor to listen to all rhythms.

Photo Credit: Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The complicated history and present of the Tobin Bridge is a story of aspiration and displacement, of transit and pollution, often unevenly impacting the City of Chelsea.

See here an excellent resource regarding the histories of Chelsea.

Here we have begun to compile an ongoing collection of the contexts and stories that inform our work on this project...

Ecological
Context

In this moment of ecological urgency, public art has a critical role to play in shaping the cultural conversations that define our relationship with the environment...

Site
Context

Throughout its history, the Tobin has played many complex roles. Through all of this, it has preserved a civic record of our collective longing to communicate...

Community
Context

People have for generations been impacted by this bridge.

CONTEXTS

The Mystic River and the Chelsea creek are ancestral waters to first nations people, fish, waterfowl, plants and additional geological histories. Many stories have been erased, many species rendered extinct. We acknowledge these energies, these losses and still endeavor to listen to all rhythms.

Ecological Context

Site Context

Community Context

Make a donation Download the project brief

Ecological
Context

Site
Context

Community
Context

Make a donation
Download the project brief