Brose Partington
Artist: Brose Partington
Year: 2021
Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse
BPS Role: Design, Project Management, Fabrication, Installation
Description: Playbook is part of The Public Collection, a public art and literacy project consisting of artist-designed book share stations, which was developed to increase access to books and art.
Each Playbook installation is composed of 68 wood floor slats to represent the teams included in the tournament. The wood floor slats mimic a reclaimed basketball floor; the reclaimed look reflects the gathering of teams from different courts. The colors of the painted lines are influenced by the colors of many of the teams that participated in March Madness. The different height wood slats represent competition and progression through the tournament. The books signify the importance of education in the role of college athletics.
Playbook
Photography by: Tony Vasquez
Harvesting Knowledge
Artist: Brose Partington
Year: August 2015 - August 2019
Location: City Market
BPS Role: Design, Project Management, Fabrication, Installation
Description: Harvesting Knowledge is part of The Public Collection, a public art and literacy project consisting of artist-designed book share stations, which was developed to increase access to books and art.
City Market has long been a location of farmers’ markets and food vendors. Harvesting Knowledge is inspired by agricultural equipment that uses Earth’s natural resources to produce food. The sculpture is designed to look and act like agricultural equipment by digging the books out of the Earth and cycling them towards the viewer.
The piece represents the industrialization of agriculture and relates it to the industrialization of publishing, specifically the linotype machine, which was created within two years of the finished construction of City Market. Machinery is used to feed the mass population with food as well as information and knowledge. The sculpture represents the viewer’s ability to pick information much like food and, as such, harvest knowledge.
Photography by: Hadley Fruits
