{"id":1178,"date":"2016-03-10T14:26:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T19:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2016-03-10T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T19:26:55","slug":"ellen-harveys-network-to-adorn-bostons-south-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/ellen-harveys-network-to-adorn-bostons-south-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Harvey’s ‘Network’ to Adorn Boston’s South Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ellen-harvey-network\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Harvey<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Network<\/a><\/em>, envisaged as a hand-made glass mosaic depicting Boston’s\u00a0transportation\u00a0network,\u00a0has been chosen<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0the permanent art installation to\u00a0be installed at Boston’s South Station. From the proposal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

NETWORK will consist of a hand-made glass mosaic map of the surroundings of South Station juxtaposing the three principal forms of land transportation (rail, subway and road) with the older water-based routes into the city. Each form of transportation is coded a different color\u2014black for subways, dark grey for rail, light grey for roads and silver for water. As travelers descend the stairs, they move towards the ocean where a small mermaid inset in the silvery sea of Boston harbor surveys (literally) the land. NETWORK imagines a world in which the mermaid escapes her destiny of romantic frustration and temptation and decides to take on the land, just as perhaps now we need nature to lead our transportation decisions, rather than to be subject to them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harvey, by the way, has the best quote: “There is no romance in your soul if you don\u2019t love a map.” [via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ellen Harvey\u2019s\u00a0Network, envisaged as a hand-made glass mosaic depicting Boston’s\u00a0transportation\u00a0network,\u00a0has been chosen\u00a0as\u00a0the permanent art installation to\u00a0be installed at Boston’s South Station. From the proposal: NETWORK will consist of a hand-made glass mosaic map of the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,94],"tags":[161,350,351],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-transit","tag-boston","tag-installation","tag-mbta","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785177,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/breathing-room-mapping-bostons-green-spaces\/","url_meta":{"origin":1178,"position":0},"title":"Breathing Room: Mapping Boston’s Green Spaces","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"26 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Breathing Room: Mapping Boston's Green Spaces is the latest exhibition put on by the Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. 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