EDEN MCDOWELL KEIL

STREET FAIR PROJECT
Eleuthera, Bahamas 2009

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STREET FAIR was a six-month dialogue-based public art project using a five-mile stretch of road as a canvas for conversation and connection between communities. In celebration of a local school’s tenth anniversary, 300 participants wore red and walked the winding road, turning it into a living painting captured from above by a small plane. The journey ended at the Street Fair in Deep Creek, a vibrant celebration where local artists, musicians, and vendors shared their culture with over 500 visitors. Leading up to the event, students recorded 150 community conversations about the road, sharing their experience of a simple place as a practice in listening and empathy. Street Fair was more than just a walk or just a fair. It was setting up the context for people to come together and determine the content themselves, and in so doing, it briefly transformed the local landscape and community.