The Baltimore Banner Vista showcases the city’s past and future transportation innovations converging around Middle Branch Park. The 7’x12’ outdoor mesh vinyl print hangs between trees directly in front the cityscape pictured. Participants are invited to sit at a marked spot on the fire pit ledge to see the life-size “postcard” blend into the surrounding landscape. The vista banner evokes the history of transportation manufacturing in Port Covington by depicting Ross Winans’ famous Cigar Ship constructed across the Middle Branch in 1858. The banner also features the proposed Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Train as well as a speculative anti-gravitational flight craft. The Baltimore Banner Vista inspires wonder and possibility for transportation advancements within this spectacular view of Baltimore City.
The Baltimore Banner Vista is presented as part of Art on the Waterfront. Art on the Waterfront is a temporary sculpture exhibition on view Wednesday, July 4, 2018 through Friday, September 28, 2018 in Middle Branch Park. The area’s distinctive surroundings are highlighted through creative installations. Its first installment features Becky Borlan’s Prisms, which pays homage to Baltimore City’s harbor and history of sailing; Graham Coreil-Allen’s Baltimore Banner Vista, which highlights the city’s past and future transportation innovations; Ashley Kidner’s Pollinator Hexagon, which draws attention to the importance of pollinator plants; and Matthias Neumann’s Basics #24, which explores an abstracted notion of form, space and utility in public sculpture.
Art on the Waterfront is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and supported by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks, South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Casino Local Development Council.
