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"Dia de Los Muertos Bench" 2014, Artist: Wes Horn, Located at Ace Hardware, 4th and G Streets, Davis, California

The Sign
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A sign embedded in the sidewalk read:

Dia de los Muertos Bench
Interactive Transmedia Sculpture
Created by Wes Horn
In memory of Michael Allen Hanks Baxter
and Sammie Bee Young 2015
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Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2014 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:21:18 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5169
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In The Parking Lot
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The "Dia de Los Muertos Bench" was located in the parking lot for Ace Hardware.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:21:35 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5171
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Highly Decorated
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The bench was highly decorated with designs that related to the Mexican Day Of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) celebration.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:21:41 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5172
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Skeletal Man
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One the side of the bench, a skeletal man held out a cob of corn to a skirted skeletal woman.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:21:52 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5173
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A Skull
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The front back of the bench featured a floral eyed skull surrounded by insects, a bird, flowers and cactus.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:22:00 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5174
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The Seat
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The seat of the bench was a repeating tile mosaic pattern.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:22:08 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5175
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Lower Front
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The lower front of the bench featured skeletal hands holding a heart. To one side, two skeletal people walked a skeletal dog. On the other side, two skeletal people rode bicycles. Notice that the skeletal bike riders wore helmets for safety.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:22:16 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5176
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The Back
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The back of the "Dia de Los Muertos" bench showed an upright guitar with a woman at its base. The words along the top translated into: The life of the dead endures in the memory of the living.


Dia de Los Muertos Bench 2015 external link   •  Artist: Wes Horn external link   •  Located at Ace Hardware external link   •  4th and G Streets external link   •  Davis, California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera, f/2.8 35-70mm Nikon Lens   •  (Date Photographed: 12:22:29 Friday 18 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Tuesday 7 January 2020)   •  © 2020 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_5177
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