Juan William Chávez (born in Lima, Peru ) is an artist
and cultural activist whose studio practice focuses on the potential of space
by developing creative initiatives that address community and culture issues. The
Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary is a proposal for the City of St Louis to transform
the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public
space that cultivates community through urban agriculture.
Drawing parallels to the depleting population of bees
and shrinking cities, this interdisciplinary project-in-progress has the unique
opportunity to reignite the conversation about urban abandonment and creative
strategies for addressing it. The
Laumeier Sculpture Park plans to dedicate the museum gallery and significant
area of outdoor space to the Chávez work. My guess is that people will be buzzing about it soon enough.
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