Intertwining people and place, Ask the River is a public art and placemaking project reconnecting the Brattleboro, Vermont community to the nearby Connecticut River. Ask the River is guided by the Abenaki understanding that people and place are one: we are the River, the River is us. Three artists and multiple community partners create public art for community–a riverscape of shimmering kinetic sculpture spanning the town's parking garage–and in community, in workshops using the hands-on, accessible and engaging process of cyanotype. The River is inspiration and guide. The purpose of Ask the River is for the Brattleboro community to explore seeing ourselves as a part of, not separate from, the River: to create pathways of reconnection, to enable us to hear its voice.

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询问河流：公共艺术和场所营造项目

Ask the River 将人和地方交织在一起，是一个公共艺术和场所营造项目，将佛蒙特州布拉特尔伯勒社区与附近的康涅狄格河重新连接起来。Ask the River 受到 Abenaki 人的理解，即人和地方是一体的：我们就是河流，河流就是我们。三位艺术家和多个社区合作伙伴为社区创造了公共艺术——一个跨越城镇停车场的闪闪发光的动态雕塑的河景——在社区中，在工作室中使用蓝图的动手、可访问和引人入胜的过程。这条河是灵感和向导。Ask the River 的目的是让 Brattleboro 社区探索将自己视为河流的一部分，而不是与河流分离：创造重新连接的途径，让我们能够听到它的声音。