Context (Yolanda)

In regards to the Baseline Group's "Chicken Shack Village," we are working within the realm of art practice that acknowledges and incorporates the surrounding landscape. Thus far in the project, our main aesthetic and conceptual interests lay in these realms of site, history, and architecture. We observe the societal reactions and treatments towards the landscape. We study the history of Boulder's beginnings, and are sensitive to the vernacular architecture specific to Boulder. We observe that architecture in and around Boulder speaks to a larger regional identity, encompassing social constructs such as the strip malls, the mining structures, the "wild west", and a raising interest in environmental consciousness.
In the interdisciplinary spirit of Baseline Group, we have the inevitable need to create collaborations and to move towards creating community-based art. We are interested in involving community members within the building process, as well as reach out to the community through educational components provided throughout our exhibit. The mission of Chicken Shack Village to heighten awareness about raising hens in an urban setting is a vehicle in which Baseline Group can create a seamless and active connection between art and community.