A temporary and participatory public artwork that playfully explores cultural vitality as a form of physical fitness using the remains of the Vita Exercise Course in Menotomy Rocks Park, Arlington.
Through interactive sculpture and performative prompts, the Vita Project invites the public to experience an inventive reinterpretation of the existing Vita Course — a series of Swiss exercise stations, also known as “parcours,” dating from 1968. These fitness courses were once adapted for parks throughout the United States; the remains of Arlington’s Vita Course winds along walking trails in historic Menotomy Rocks Park.
Katherine Shozawa, visual artist
Sarah Carrier, landscape
Through interactive sculpture and performative prompts, the Vita Project invites the public to experience an inventive reinterpretation of the existing Vita Course — a series of Swiss exercise stations, also known as “parcours,” dating from 1968. These fitness courses were once adapted for parks throughout the United States; the remains of Arlington’s Vita Course winds along walking trails in historic Menotomy Rocks Park.
Katherine Shozawa, visual artist
Sarah Carrier, landscape designer and collaborator
Co-presented by Arlington Public Art | Cecily Miller, curator
Generously funded by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council/Grants Committee of the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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