Essential San Diego is a temporary installation of a pair of "scenic overlook" style binoculars of the kind often found in high tourism areas. As viewers look into these binoculars expecting to see images of faraway landscapes, significant architecture, and other scenic highlights, they are instead greeted by video vignettes of everyday workers who make the city of San Diego run. These videos play on a VR device hidden in the “overlook” binoculars as if the binoculars function as x-ray lenses into the heart of the city. As the binoculars rotate to different positions around the city, the videos switch from one vignette to another. In each vignette, an essential worker engages in the duties corresponding to their job. While doing so, each will subtly exhibit a different emotional state ranging from frustration to laughter, sadness, and so on, as if some other personal or significant life event is unfolding in their thoughts as they perform their work.
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
© Stacy Keck Photo LLC
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Date and Location
Installation on view:
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Kate Sessions Park
5115 Soledad Rd
San Diego, CA 92109
Pacific Beach Neighborhood
Council District 2
Events
11:00AM to 6:00PM, Kate Sessions Park
Temporary Installation
Saturday, July 16, 2022, 11:00AM to 6:00PM,
Kate Sessions Park View Map
Experience a pair of "scenic overlook" style binoculars like no other. In this temporary installation by Park Social artist David White, park-goers can see a different view of the city.
11:00AM to 6:00PM, Kate Sessions Park
Temporary Installation
Saturday, August 27, 2022, 11:00AM to 6:00PM,
Kate Sessions Park View Map
Experience a pair of "scenic overlook" style binoculars like no other. In this temporary installation by Park Social artist David White, park-goers can see a different view of the city.
Temporary Installation (POSTPONED)
Time TBD, Kate Sessions Park
Temporary Installation (POSTPONED)
Saturday, September 10, 2022, Time TBD,
Kate Sessions Park View Map
POSTPONED to Saturday, October 1, due to inclement weather.
Experience a pair of "scenic overlook" style binoculars like no other. In this temporary installation by Park Social artist David White, park-goers can see a different view of the city.
11:00AM to 6:00PM, Kate Sessions Park
Temporary Installation
Saturday, October 1, 2022, 11:00AM to 6:00PM,
Kate Sessions Park View Map
Experience a pair of "scenic overlook" style binoculars like no other. In this temporary installation by Park Social artist David White, park-goers can see a different view of the city.