View of the Marin sculpture from the perspective of a train.

During my 5-week Project Space residency (Sept 9-Oct 12, 2008), I created a time-based and interactive Jell-O sculpture. See photos here...

I used the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Project, which at the time was a proposed public transportation system, as inspiration for the sculpture. This piece created an avenue to imagine and explore how the urban landscape may change and develop over time if the SMART train project were to pass in the November 2008 election (which it did!)

Each of the five proposed train stations in Marin was an individual Jell-O sculpture, displayed along a model train line. I invited local urban planners and designers to collaborate on how they imagine a city or town center could develop. I also asked visitors to create their own Jell-O buildings, using the Jell-O blocks that I have cast.
All of the orange buildings represented existing structures, and the white tape on the floor was the Marin coastline. As time passed, each Jell-O town center hardened and decayed, and I took down some old buildings to create a new ones.

This sculptural work-in-progress was not an argument for any particular urban form but ideally furthered the conversations around urban development. The fleeting material also visualized how our urban environments are alive and changing.