Downtown Improvement District Research and Activation
Client
Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District
Service
Tactical
Creative Team
Creative Direction: Roger Cummings, Roxanne O'Brien, and Kristen Murray + Apprentice Team:
Creative Solution
Juxtaposition’s Tactical team uses art and design-based approaches and community engagement practices to create interventions in public space and speak with folks about issues that affect them in that public space. Working with local designer/fabricator Brandon Brown, we created a fleet of bike carts that we can bring around the city for short-term interventions in public spaces. These Mobile Engagement Units are equipped with stereos, lights, seating, games, and art-making supplies. We have deployed them around Downtown Minneapolis through work with the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District, on West Broadway, and at the dusk-til-dawn public art festival, Northern Spark.
![Several people sitting around lit up tables in the dusk on a street](https://juxtapositionarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/downtown-improvement-slider-1.jpg)
![Two people standing around a mobile art unit](https://juxtapositionarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/downtown-improvement-slider-2.jpg)
![Several folks milling about in a public area](https://juxtapositionarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/downtown-improvement-slider-3.jpg)