Carla Clark | For The Republic People mingle during the 2023 Exhibit Columbus, Public by Design, presentations at the Commons, Columbus, Ind., Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Carla Clark | For The Republic Richard McCoy, executive director Landmark Columbus, speaks during the 2023 Exhibit Columbus , Public by Design, presentations at the Commons, Columbus, Ind., Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Carla Clark | For The Republic Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder and creative director of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, a Miller Prize winner, speaks about their design process during the 2023 Exhibit Columbus , Public by Design, presentations at the Commons, Columbus, Ind., Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Carla Clark | For The Republic Andrew Moddrell, at left, and Christopher Marcinkoski, of PORT, a Miller Prize winner,talk during the 2023 Exhibit Columbus , Public by Design, presentations at the Commons, Columbus, Ind., Saturday, February 25, 2023.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Sara Zewde, founding principal of Studio Zewde, takes part in an Exhibit Columbus Miller Prize winner panel discussion about Studio Zewde’s installation Echoes of the Hill at Helen Haddad Hall in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Christopher Marcinkoski, of PORT, talks about his firm’s Miller Prize winning Exhibit Columbus installation The Plot Project during a Miller Prize conversation session at Mill Race Center in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Christopher Marcinkoski, of PORT, talks about his firm’s Miller Prize winning Exhibit Columbus installation The Plot Project during a Miller Prize conversation session at Mill Race Center in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Photo by Hadley Fruits | Exhibit Columbus. Lee Bey, Chicago Sun-Times’ architecture critic, talks with Vishaan Chakrabarti, with the New York City design firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, one of the Miller Prize designers and Richard McCoy, executive director of Landmark Columbus, at Thursday’s presentation.
Photo by Hadley Fruits | Exhibit Columbus Richard McCoy, executive director of Landmark Columbus Foundation, meets with local residents before the presentation.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Dance group Bollywood Beats performs for Exhibit Columbus’ Rock the Block party under Exhibit Columbus installation InterOculus on the opening weekend of Exhibit Columbus in Columbus, Ind., Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop poses with representatives of Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO after presenting them with their Exhibit Columbus baton during the Exhibit Columbus opening celebration at The Commons in Columbus, Ind., Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic The Exhibit Columbus opening celebration is reflected in the mirrored glass of a photo station at The Commons in Columbus, Ind., Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
“Public by Design,” Exhibit Columbus’ showcase of 13 outdoor installations partnered with some of Columbus’ most iconic architectural treasures, wraps up today.
This installment of Exhibit Columbus installations welcomed the public in a variety of ways, from artist’s performances at the sites to all-out dance parties for the community under Interoculus in downtown Columbus.
“Echoes of the Hill” from designer Sara Zewde of New York’s Studio Zewde, became part of the summer landscape for Mill Race Park activities as it celebrated the park’s 30th anniversary.
Although many of the installations were designed to be temporary, Chris Marcinkoski, who designed “THE PLOT PROJECT” around the park’s Mill Race Center, created brightly colored pavilion-style benches that will remain after the exhibition. Seeds from the wildflowers and wild grasses project also will remain.
Exhibit Columbus organizers noted that, “In running, there’s something called a gratitude mile, a time in a long run in which you think about all of the people who helped you get where you are. It’s a way to remember that even while doing a solitary act like running, you do it with the support of many others. This is what’s on our mind this week: how grateful we are that our organization has produced this cycle of Exhibit Columbus and how grateful we are for the support we receive to do this work. After nearly two years, Public by Design ends this Sunday!”
To get a last glimpse of the installations today, check out the list at https://www.exhibitcolumbus.org/2023-exhibition.