Spontaneous Rezoning

This project, done in collaboration with Alexandra Kuechenberg, seeks to spontaneously rezone everyday urban space with the appropriation of industrial-grade construction objects. We anticipate that the messages coded into traffic cones, caution tape, and orange flags are sufficiently authoritative to subvert normal pedestrian flow—even in unorthodox places. By positioning these items in various configurations, strangers may feel compelled to address one another as they navigate an unexpected detour or blockade. It’s our intent to stage these interventions primarily in places of leisure and low-urgency transit such as parks, sidewalks, and interstitial spaces. We’re interested both in how people respond to these decontextualized encounters and their sculptural presence.