The Abandoned Phone Booth Project
The Abandoned Phone Booth Project was funded by the Northampton Arts Council in 2020-2023. The abandoned phone booth sits by the post office in the center of Florence, MA. It no longer works. It is an artifact now. I have been placing artworks inside so that it can become a one-person, outdoor public museum.
In January of 2021, I installed the painting "A Terror for January and a Love for Tulips". On the painting, you see the words "The World is only still where and when we observe it. Otherwise, even the rocks are dancing! A love for Tulips. A time in need of new rituals and beliefs, while knowing they are made up and loving them for that! A Terror for January and a Bravery."
In the summer of 2021, Amber Scoon and Hannah Chase carried a painting, "Luke and the Blind Boxer" through town and installed it inside the phone booth.
This painting "Luke and the Blind Boxer" is an image that I have been making and re-making for over twenty years. The figure in the painting is blindfolded in a boxing ring. The ring becomes a storm. The storm rolls in as the sun goes down and everywhere there is chaos and disorientation. Behind the blind boxer, there is an animal. In this case, it it a Great Blue Heron, named Luke.
In summer of 2021, the collaborative team Snowdrift (Glenn Goldberg and Amber Scoon) installed Friends. Two creatures are bound together and sit behind a curtain. One helps the other to fly.
In 2022-2023, Amber installed artworks from local artists, including Lu Vincent, Hannah Chase and Hannah Hurricane.
In 2024, the Phone Booth was mysteriously removed. Thus ends the project.
