Morgan M. Hurley |Downtown News
The Port of San Diego this week announced a new project that will require an artist or team of artists to develop a temporary, large-scale artwork that will travel to five different tidelands along the vast waterfront: San Diego, National City, Coronado, Chula Vista, and Imperial Beach. 
The artist would work closely with the Port on both conceptualization and realization of the project.
The Port’s “Call for Artists” requests that the artist or team “create a dynamic transportable artwork that transforms five unassuming spaces on tidelands in an imaginative and unexpected way.
- According to the same prospectus, the goals of the project are as follows:
- Is artistically compelling both aesthetically and conceptually;
- Exemplifies a dynamic approach to public space and human engagement;
- Transforms, adds to, or is fundamentally ensconced in unassuming spaces in the District’s five member cities in imaginative and unexpected ways;
- Is transportable and durable to withstand travel to multiple locations on the tidelands; and
- Creates connections and a series of evolving experiences along the tidelands, in support of the “public” public art creative direction.
The project is open to any professional or practicing artist living in the United States who are permanent residents or hold the proper working visas. The chosen artist or team will be awarded $275,000 for all phases.
Cut off for questions will be January 9, 2013 and the application deadline will be January 15. Artwork may be installed at first site between June and July 2014.
For a full list of project and selection criteria, an overview of the selection process, projected timelines and scope, or to download a full copy of the prospectus, visit portofsandiego.org.
