{"id":6702,"date":"2014-11-20T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2015-10-11T20:11:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T00:11:05","slug":"a-surprising-capitol-waterfront-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2014\/11\/a-surprising-capitol-waterfront-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Surprising Capitol Waterfront Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

While out touring this past Veterans Day, we wandered upon an abandoned warehouse while we were walking in the Navy Yard \/ Capitol Waterfront area.<\/p>\n

We were walking to Blue Jacket Brewery<\/a>, just one of the relatively new restaurant\/ pub-like places operated by the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, where we have found a bounty of favorite eateries, including Vermillion<\/a>, right down the street from us in Old Town, and where we had thought about having our son’s rehearsal dinner. You can view all their establishments via the bottom of their main page link<\/a>, which is oddly still under construction.<\/p>\n

We had walked in this area once before, coming from the other direction, and Blue Jacket was packed. We never noticed this warehouse but here is was and calling us to come inside. The only reason we walked over was because the warehouse door was half open, as if someone forgot to shut it. That got our curiosity.<\/p>\n

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This half opened warehouse was calling us to look inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once inside this abandoned warehouse, we saw something quite remarkable, a surprising sculpture suspended from the rafters as an art exhibit. This magical light from the clearstory windows appeared to illuminate it.<\/p>\n

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We didn’t know what to make of it at first.<\/p>\n

\"Arm<\/a><\/p>\n

It looked like a dinosaur spine or something out of Alien but at the same time it was quite beautiful and reminded me of a harp.<\/p>\n

It had a huge expanse and filled the entire diagonal span of the space.<\/p>\n

Upon closer look we discovered it was made of golden arms.<\/p>\n

\"Arm<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Arm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Arm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Arm<\/a><\/p>\n

Come to find out, it was a golden arm and we discovered it was meant to be viewed as an art exhibit. The half-way opened door was probably a ploy to get one to explore, which worked. This is the exhibition sign we noticed right outside — after viewing the exhibit. What a fascinating way to use abandoned buildings, I thought.<\/p>\n

\"About<\/a><\/p>\n

You can learn more about the 5×5 Project<\/a> here and view their well done video below. I’m going to keep my eye out for the other 24 artists’ sites.<\/p>\n