From On the River
Civic Studio uses visual art to investigate public life in specific contexts. Our most recent project On the River took place at the Interurban (Gillett) Bridge along the Grand River from September 1st to December 19th, 2009.
We posted some of our work on this web site. Content includes what we found and made about this place. Research includes background information that informed the project. We invite you to join in the project by adding to the site.
Items of interest may be copied to the more comprehensive wiki project Viget.org.
Open Studio Assignments
We began our work with some assignments to make, gather, or do things along the river. Please follow our progress and join in with your own results.
Open Studio Assignments is inspired by the work of Mark Dion and the Learning to Love You More Project.
More About Assignments. . .
- Bare Feet by the River
- Body and Space
- Conversations and Stories
- Go Sketch
- History Bits
- Houseboats on the River
- Hypothetical Flood
- Inside-Out Outside-In Studio Projects
- Monsters of the Grand River
- Pathways to a Picnic
- Remembering the Raft Races
- River Findings
- River Inlets and Outlets
- River Water Samples
- Show Your Fish
- Sites for Discussion
- Songs About the Grand River
- Sounds along the River
- Spatially Political
- What Would Re-Rapids Look Like?
List of Project Ideas
Check out our running list of project ideas for our work On the River. You can add ideas too.
Recent Content
most recently changed
- Car Part
- 1111 monster
- "1 Test monster"
- Skipper
- Houseboat on South side of Pearl...
- Houseboat Near Fish Ladder
- Burial Mounds
- Kayaks on the River
- Natural Utensil
- Grand Print
- RESEARCH/the railroad bridge
- Windmill Cookie from Cornucopia
- Honeysticks from ???
- Boxed water from ???
- Condiments from ???
- Multi-colored popcorn from ??
- Gabriel Orozco
- Honey from Meijer
- Walnuts and Pecans from Meijer
- Butternut Squash from Standale M...
- Dried Corn Tortillas from Nation...
- Green Olives from National Marke...
- The Yes Men
- Low Head Dam
Recent Research
most recently changed
- Allison Smith
- Public Artists
- SuperFlex Supergas
- Chicago Compost Shelter
- ArtPrize Dialog tracker
- Body and Space
- Civic Studio on WLAV
- Erwin Wurm
- Books in the Studio Library: Ref...
- Studio Footage in Artprize Video
- Olafur Eliasson and Rivers
- Michigan Railway's 2400-Volt, Th...
- Ready Subjects - Sarah Kanouse
- Walking in Place - Nick Brown
- Evictions: Art and Spatial Polit...
- Making Things Public
- History of the City of Grand Rap...
- Mark Dion Thames River Dig
- The High Line
- New Urbanism
- Tiny street art project
- This American Life: Mapping
- Theory of the Dérive
- The Tragedy of Suburbia
Content Map
| Coordinates | |
|---|---|
| "1 Test monster" | 42.95962642° 57' 35" N, 85° 38' 29" WLatitude: 42.959626 Longitude: -85.641422 |
| "It was a big party" | |
| 1111 monster | 42.95977642° 57' 35" N, 85° 38' 28" WLatitude: 42.959776 Longitude: -85.641047 |
| 1883 Log Jam | |
| 1936 Map of the Grand River | 42.967222942° 58' 2" N, 85° 40' 20" WLatitude: 42.9672229 Longitude: -85.6721867 |
| Almonds from Standale Meijer | 42.97141303162142° 58' 17" N, 85° 46' 44" WLatitude: 42.971413031621 Longitude: -85.7790184021 |
| Amber's Inside-Out Project | 42.96640176767942° 57' 59" N, 85° 40' 35" WLatitude: 42.966401767679 Longitude: -85.676472187042 |
| Amber's Outside-In Project | 42.96621334667142° 57' 58" N, 85° 40' 29" WLatitude: 42.966213346671 Longitude: -85.674809217453 |
| Bare Feet by Christie | 42.96692358612642° 58' 1" N, 85° 40' 28" WLatitude: 42.966923586126 Longitude: -85.674508810043 |
| Bare Feet by Dulcee | 42.96770499718742° 58' 4" N, 85° 40' 35" WLatitude: 42.967704997187 Longitude: -85.676375627518 |
| Bare Feet by the River | |
| Bare feet by Megan O | 42.9670723586142° 58' 1" N, 85° 40' 34" WLatitude: 42.96707235861 Longitude: -85.676210671663 |
| Bavarian Cuckoo Clock Advertisement | |
| Bible | |
| Big Pipe NE of Fulton Street | 42.96377167223942° 57' 50" N, 85° 40' 31" WLatitude: 42.963771672239 Longitude: -85.675249099731 |
| Black Laundry Basket | 42.94442327634142° 56' 40" N, 85° 42' 49" WLatitude: 42.944423276341 Longitude: -85.713701248169 |
| Blue Bridge | 42.96468942° 57' 53" N, 85° 40' 33" WLatitude: 42.964689 Longitude: -85.675893 |
| Body and Space | |
| Body and Space South of the Interurban Bridge | 42.9670638539142° 58' 1" N, 85° 40' 35" WLatitude: 42.96706385391 Longitude: -85.676268339157 |
| Bones and Shells | |
| Box of Broken Glass | 42.99374024689742° 59' 37" N, 85° 40' 33" WLatitude: 42.993740246897 Longitude: -85.675737261772 |
| Boxed water from ??? | 42.963359942° 57' 48" N, 85° 40' 5" WLatitude: 42.9633599 Longitude: -85.6680863 |
| Broccoli from Family Fare on Fulton | 42.96343668715742° 57' 48" N, 85° 38' 13" WLatitude: 42.963436687157 Longitude: -85.637054443359 |
| Broken Glass and Carpet | 42.9941012250142° 59' 39" N, 85° 40' 36" WLatitude: 42.99410122501 Longitude: -85.676536560059 |
| Brown and Green Paper | 42.94963789087942° 56' 59" N, 85° 41' 47" WLatitude: 42.949637890879 Longitude: -85.696277618408 |
| Bucket Video | 42.96751370155742° 58' 3" N, 85° 40' 31" WLatitude: 42.967513701557 Longitude: -85.675324201584 |
| Burial Mounds | 42.96747732655342° 58' 3" N, 85° 40' 47" WLatitude: 42.967477326553 Longitude: -85.679798126221 |
| Butter from Family Fare on Fulton | 42.96349949705842° 57' 49" N, 85° 38' 14" WLatitude: 42.963499497058 Longitude: -85.637140274048 |
| Butternut Squash from Standale Meijer | 42.96895642° 58' 8" N, 85° 46' 42" WLatitude: 42.968956 Longitude: -85.778195 |
| CB Antennae | 42.94498873782442° 56' 42" N, 85° 42' 48" WLatitude: 42.944988737824 Longitude: -85.713357925415 |
| Can of Cyclo Brake Cleaner | 42.94938659428642° 56' 58" N, 85° 41' 49" WLatitude: 42.949386594286 Longitude: -85.696964263916 |
| Canned Peaches from Meijer | 42.91266642° 54' 46" N, 85° 37' 46" WLatitude: 42.912666 Longitude: -85.6294133 |
| Car Part | 42.99441511729842° 59' 40" N, 85° 40' 36" WLatitude: 42.994415117298 Longitude: -85.676794052124 |
| Celery from Meijer | 42.96895642° 58' 8" N, 85° 46' 42" WLatitude: 42.968956 Longitude: -85.778195 |
| Chi and lemon ginger tea from Standale Meijer | 42.97122462596342° 58' 16" N, 85° 46' 45" WLatitude: 42.971224625963 Longitude: -85.779190063477 |
| Condiments from ??? | 42.963359942° 57' 48" N, 85° 40' 5" WLatitude: 42.9633599 Longitude: -85.6680863 |
| Conversation with Mike | |
| Conversation with Rick | |
| Conversations and Stories | |
| Converstaion with Jerome | |
| Converstaion with Ron | |
| Coors Light Container | |
| Culvert under the Wealthy Bridge | 42.9559827898442° 57' 22" N, 85° 41' 1" WLatitude: 42.95598278984 Longitude: -85.683660507202 |
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