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CONTEXTS

The Mystic River and the Chelsea creek are ancestral waters to first nations people, and while we aspire to know more and honor these waters more fully, we acknowledge how little we know, and commit to continued listening and sharing of information, stories and energy as we receive the same. 

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Photo Credit: Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The complicated history and present of the Tobin Bridge is a story of aspiration and displacement, of transit and pollution, often unevenly impacting the City of Chelsea.

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Here we have begun to compile an ongoing collection of the contexts and stories that inform our work on this project...

Ocean

Ecological
Context
 

In this moment of ecological urgency, public art has a critical role to play in shaping the cultural conversations that define our relationship with the environment...

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Site
Context
 

Throughout its history, the Tobin has played many complex roles. Through all of this, it has preserved a civic record of our collective longing to communicate...

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Community
Context
 

People have for generations been impacted by this bridge. 

Accumulating Rhythms takes shape through the stories that gather around it. Our understanding of its technical, ecological, and artistic layers is constantly evolving, shaped by the voices and experiences of our collaborators and the broader community.

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