Untitled (Pink Rubble 1), recycled performance waste (broken cinder blocks), paint. Lot on 9th St between Market St and Mission St, San Francisco CA, 2011
Kind assistance: Terrance Graven, Harold Burns, Jorge de Hoyos with Drew Khalouf and Dennis Collective.

110515 Honey McMoney pink cinder block install 1 from Mark McBeth | Projects on Vimeo.

110515 Honey McMoney pink cinder block install 2 from Mark McBeth | Projects on Vimeo.

After my cinder block toss at Too Much! I had about 500lbs of rubble left over. After some frustrated attempt to pass it on to permaculture, I decided that I should repurpose it. I finally got to use the bright pink tempera I had bought at the Pearl closing sale, and little by little it all got painted. During that time I was scouting locations. This lot that I chose has been empty for many years and just posted a notice for a 3 year construction permit extension - one more of so many open, underutilized "private" spaces. I really love the blend of natural and unnatural here. Sometimes it smelled like a California meadow - there was lupine! - and sometimes an urban toilet - and needles! We have art parks when we make art parks. Just go out and do it.