Brian Reeves' entry to the 2008 Art All Around competition:
Rather than pretending they're not there at all, Slop's proposal for the tank farm embraces its prominence in the distinctive visual and economical landscape of South Portland. Our design provides an onramp to assist passersby in appreciating the physical beauty & vitality of the tank farms themselves and an opportunity to look confidently to a time beyond our current dependencies when the tanks are no longer filled with imported oil but still remain vital to the community. In this visualization they instead contain a different, more brightly colored viscous liquid. The public is shown willing and able to rejoice and recreate in, & even export this other, non-toxic substance intended to represent our collective economic strengths going forward.
Here's the contest page
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