A boat floating on the ground or a futuristic saucer? You can help select a new public art installation at Penns Landing by voting on the project proposals of six competing semi-finalists.
The award-winning site-specific design will be part of a 11.5-acre new park on Penn’s Landing on the Delaware River waterfront, which is due to be completed in 2025. The final project selection will be made within the next few months.
The Department of Arts, Culture, Creative Economy and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation seek the public opinion to determine the design that best suits the community. View suggestions, photos, and descriptions from artists before voting for competing designs. Online survey..
Competing proposals include sculptures with seating areas, artwork from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and towering views from Center City.
Olalekan Jeyifous’s “Goddess of Water” features the shape of a tall green mermaid-like woman sitting on her head, hump, and tail. The sculpture will “flow” through the park with three independent shade structures.
Tristan Al-Haddad’s “What If” is a stack of 27 large darkened iron plates with vertical engravings representing amendments to the US Constitution.
Douglas Hollis’ Vessel is a shade structure that looks like the hull of a boat when viewed from underwater. It is a figure that sways in the wind like a boat on the waves.
The “Forum” by Michelle Lopez and Sharon Hayes aims to celebrate the history of the city through the 18th-century coastline-shaped sidewalk of Lenape Wihtak, the name Lenape gave to the Delaware River. The installation also includes a fragment of the Pennsylvania Hall, an anti-slavery venue near the waterfront, burned down by a white mob in 1838.
Alice Aycock’s design represents the intersection of permanence and change, with two large saucers intersecting…
