The Urban Sight Block Project (USBP) encourages users to block things that they do not wish to see by asking the question “What does your utopia look like?”

It engages people with an interactive public sculpture allowing them to choose how they, and others around them see space.
By physically moving different Sight Blocks users frame, block,
or expose things to control the physical environment, as well as what and who they see near by. What one user views as ugly another will see as essential, and in attempting to expose these insights an urban dialogue will take place.

The sculpture can be constructed in various colors, heights and widths to make the maximum number of options available. This flexibility in scale and form allows the USBP to be easily situated throughout the city. An Urban Sight Block could exist both in a public park and in a busy downtown corridor with the only requirement being that it needs to be located somewhere
frequently accessed and where citizens can walk right up to
become engaged. The individual sight blocks feature cut out handles inviting users to hide or expose urban space.

The USBP is meant to produce subtle changes in the city’s form.
It is intended to be playful, and provide opportunities for discussion
between urban residents who so often pass each other by with
no acknowledgement. By playing with the USBP users can unify or hide with one another. Seeing how this relationship unfolds is the central purpose of the sculpture. The USBP is an utopian visioning activity that quickly, easily, and accessibly allows residents to engage with and become artists. It is designed to be self explanatory and inviting.