‘BUOYANCY’
Portland’s Old Port is host to dynamic ecosystems among a shoreline of memory, where tides carry stories reaching back to 11,000 BCE.
This fabric installation is a reflection on its waters and the countless threads woven along the shore—wildlife tracing ancient migration patterns, vessels crossing in trade and lives entwined across time.
Layered threads echo vast webs of interconnection that bind past to present and harbor to horizon, nestled within frames reflective of the vibrant lobster buoys that are iconic symbols of Maine’s heritage.
The work is both map and memory: a living fabric that stretches beyond centuries into what is still to come.
Public Art Installation in Portland, Maine
November, 2025 (up for one year); three site-specific installations repurposing Key Bank drive-thru signs.
One sign on Exchange Street: hand-deconstructed fabric within 4’x4’ painted and welded metal frame, fiberglass, lighting & ventilation
Two signs on Union Street: hand-deconstructed fabric & epoxy on acrylic (ground-mount sign includes lighting and 6 x 3ft painted frame) (wall-mount includes 1’8’’ x 10’ painted sign
Commissioned by East Brown Cow & hosted by Old Port Square with administrative support from TEMPOart.