Partner Event: “NMR Viewfinder” Amble & Closing Celebration w/ OPA and Ginger Brooks Takahashi

Come celebrate the art of Ginger Brooks Takahashi as we close out her public artwork Nine Mile Run Viewfinder that connects the underground waterway from Nine Mile Run, to stormwater and sewer systems, the Monongahela River, and the water we drink.

The tour will follow the original flow of Nine Mile Run and identify the current storm sewer path. Using collective knowledge-building as a strategy to shift the hierarchy of knowledge transmission, attendees will be encouraged to contribute observations, stories, and questions to the group. Participants will visit the three sites of Nine Mile Run Viewfinder where Brooks Takahashi will present scores she’s composed, invite discussion at each site, and highlight places that have become significant to her artistic process. The tour will also be a closing celebration for Nine Mile Run Viewfinder, and will conclude with a reception and light refreshments.

About Ginger Brooks Takahashi

Ginger Brooks Takahashi is a transdisciplinary artist and educator. Her performance, installation, and site responsive works examine our relationships to the mediums that connect us. These public projects are platforms for intimate interaction, an extension of feminist and queer praxis. She received her BA from Oberlin College, 1999; and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program, 2007. She has exhibited at institutions including Carnegie Museum of Art, 2020; Oakland Museum of California, 2019; Jewish Museum, 2016; Tensta Konsthall, 2015; Brooklyn Museum, 2013; Museo Tamayo, 2010; New Museum, 2009; amongst others. Most recently, she created a permanent public artwork for Schenley Park in Pittsburgh and a collaboration with Dana Bishop-Root for Counterpublic, St Louis 2023.

Directions and Parking Information

Tour goers will meet at the Braddock Trail Head at Frick Park located near 1400 S. Braddock Avenue at Allenby Avenue in Regent Square where free, public parking is available. As part of the tour, a van will transport attendees from the Braddock Trail Head to Hunter Park in Wilkinsburg to see one of the Nine Mile Run Viewfinder sites.

If taking public transportation, there are several stops available at:

• Braddock Avenue + Biddle Avenue that serves route 61B
• Savannah Avenue + Biddle Avenue that serves routes 71 and P71

Preparation

Participants should wear comfortable shoes for walking on city streets, as well as sunscreen and hats, and should bring drinking water with them. There are no public restrooms available on this tour.

Accessibility

This tour is not wheelchair accessible; other accommodations may be available upon request. To make a request, please contact the Office for Public Art directly at info@opapgh.org, or by calling (412) 336-8182.

Registration

The artist-commissioned tours will occur rain or shine. Tours will be canceled up to three hours in advance of the event’s start time via email if there is severe weather. Registrants will be reimbursed for tours that are canceled due to inclement weather. All other tour sales are final.

Registration for this tour is $15 per person; advance registration is required. To register, please follow this link; you will be redirected to Eventbrite where you can complete your registration.