[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"133","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignright size-full wp-image-350","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"250","height":"333","title":"mpta_news_rapid","alt":"mpta_news_rapid"}}]]On July 17th, The Rapid dedicated the final art installation at Rapid Central Station, Journey Home, by Dennis Oppenheim.
In his artist’s statement, Oppenheim wrote that “Journey Home shows a torqued spiral expanding from a point into the shape of a house. This dynamic represented travel, brings physical evidence to the emotional build up experienced by an individual as they approach their destination. The circuitous rambling of a journey is reduced to a flowing movement through space, made simply to arrive at a place.”
Following the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidelines, the purchase of art was included in the capital budget for Rapid Central Station, which opened five years ago.
It's interesting to see art and infrastructure co-mingle and we're sure travelers passing through Rapid Central Station will appreciate this unique installation.