Some Space Between

Some Space Between is a collaborative project of art works resulting from an investigation of the city of Columbus, Ohio as an organism and its changing landscape, as longtime urban nuclei dissolve into expansion, outerbelts, and megamalls. As technology advances and communication more frequently takes place via television, wireless systems, and the internet, the lifeblood of the urban area thins. The small, close downtown communities of the past are giving way to the vast distances of suburbia. People no longer meet each other on the street or at the local market. The sense of familiarity or neighborhood is absent, as the paths we travel daily consist of broader and more distant highways. The city itself expands, like a living, growing entity. Over time and with development, "progress" can be mapped onto Columbus like the concentric circles of a ripple on water. This project is the result of a graduate seminar at the Ohio State University with international visiting artist Franz John. Please explore the site to learn more.