the previous post is more interesting
If this strange request were realized, it would have unique site-specific potentials for instigating public discourse (for better or worse), as there is a rabid and socially-active, anti-WiFi, anti-cellphone, supposedly electro-sensitive populace in Santa Fe that the local media loves to cover.
> Hello ______
>
> AT&T wants to engage the artist community of Santa Fe in
> designing a sculpture that is wrapped around a cell site. The proposed
> location is visually prominent at a bend in the Santa Fe River near the
> intersection of West Alameda Street and Placita de Oro at the Solana
> Shopping Center. We look on this project as a way to fulfill our
> prosaic needs while adding to the world-class public art that are found
> throughout Santa Fe.
>
> Cell towers have several practical requirements that combine to
> make them highly visible: they must radiate a signal from a tall height
> into specific directions, they must house the supporting equipments, and
> they have to use a specific location. At the proposed location we want
> to turn these restrictions that otherwise would result in a highly
> visible utilitarian structure into a positive attributes by housing the
> installation in a public art work that would enhance the public space.
>
>
> The exterior could look like anything especially if these
> electronic equipments are hidden and the antennas are mounted behind
> radio-wave transparent material such as fiberglass. In the past we have
> disguised these installations as background structures such as clock
> towers or pine trees or more foreground structures such as in the
> Windmill Ridge neighbourhood of Santa Fe where we proposed to house our
> antennas in three vertical axis windmills. The antennas were hidden
> within three vertical tubes that supported the vertical fins. An art
> monument is a step in the same direction. This approach is fairly
> common in Europe although we have not tried it before we are confident
> that it could work.
>
> At this stage we are looking for institutions in Santa Fe that
> could help us execute such a project. We would rely heavily on our
> partner's advice on the details of how to award the final design such as
> by open or invited competition or otherwise. We are also interested in
> expanding the scope of public involvement to include high school and
> other students at some level. The Santa Fe Arts Institute with your
> emphasis on exploring the intersection of art and society and your
> emphasis on education is a natural fit. Last March I spoke with
> _______ about undertaking such a project and my impression is that
> it could work well.
>
> If possible I would like to set up a meeting to discuss this
> project, in particular I need to understand what you need and expect. I
> can take that information back to the senior management at AT&T for
> final approval-this is a new concept and requires a certain amount of
> internal education. I have already warned my managers that creating a
> high-quality work of art in Santa Fe is not trivial. However, the cost
> for an unadorned monopole starts at a couple hundred thousand dollars so
> an incremental increase for such a complex project is not unexpected.
>
> I will be in Santa Fe on 2 and 3 December and look forward to
> discussing this project. Thank you.
>
>
> Geoffrey ______
> AT&T RF Design
> Arizona/New Mexico
> xxx-xxx-xxxx
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