This project in New Haven, Connecticut, ran April through September of 2007. It consisted of a variety of activities centered around a public space called The Lot, sponsored by Artspace. I worked in collaboration with various people around the city who have some relationship to the space, to develop interactive projects to place there. The projects included follow...

The first Corner Library:

A small vegetable and herb garden, The Lot Garden Plot:

The Citizens' Collection Cabinet, which was a shed for the public display of small objects:

A wall of homemade and found musical instruments called Elm City Sound Relief:

The Black and White Wall for Writing, which provided a legal site for graffiti:

The creation of A Lot in Our Lives included collaboration and input from many people. Frank Brescia, Robert Hurd, Henry Loomis, John Singer, Steve Tarquino and Kristina Zallinger co-produced the "Elm City Sound Relief" and collaborated on the design and production of the four hand-painted banners on display. Other artists from Artship of Fellowship Place were also involved in brainstorming and preliminary discussions. Frank Brescia, Henry Loomis and Kristina Zallinger also contributed their energies to "The Lot Garden Plot." George Newman and I collaborated on "The Citizens' Collection Cabinet," which also received input from Huong Ngo and Ted Efremoff. George also worked on the freestanding black and white wall for writing, as did members of Artspace's Teen Docents program. There have been other contributors who wished to remain anonymous, and many people who changed and added to the projects once they were installed whose names are unknown.