Laberinto Verde

JFK Promenade / Rainbow Falls

Photography by Masaki Omori

Labyrinths as a practice are a powerful metaphor for a spiritual journey and a powerful tool for personal transformation–– a walking meditation with a presence in several traditions across the globe. The work is an offering,a gift and an invitation for meditation. The site-specific work Laberinto Verde – Green Labyrinth is a celebration, a rhapsody of visual experience in which the artist uses the structure of a labyrinth and breaks the traditional setting, remixing it alongside local flora, fauna, emojis, Central American folkloric patterns, abstraction and elements of graffiti, a playful dance in paints where fine art meets the streets.

The artist seeks to create a small meditative moment not far from the Prayer Book Cross and the Rainbow Waterfall landmarks near the Western entrance of the John F Kennedy promenade.


About the Artist

Josue Rojas is a practicing visual creator and an educator who relishes in learning and teaching the articulation of a potent human language – by using art as a response and celebration, not simply to life’s inequities but to its bounty as well.

“I am a Salvadoran-born American Citizen, a Californian, a teacher. My work is informed by my bicultural and bilingual experience. Part of a continuum, my work and personal creative vision contribute to a visual heritage of creative critical consciousness.”

Rojas’ practice centers the community process, often interviewing residents, gathering investigations, feedback and real-life–narratives that tell the inter-sectional story of the place. Since embarking as a full time independent artist in early 2021, Rojas has made ambitious, dynamic and large public works and exhibitions his focus. A socially committed visual artist, Rojas’ creative vision centers a public and studio practice that mixes visual language(s) + critical consciousness. The work is informed by a bicultural and bilingual experience as well as by 20 + years of arts-leadership in the Bay Area, with public art & media.

“I feel an artist should serve, not only as the ‘conscience of their era’ but also as a positive conduit, infusing values of ‘right relationships’ into the public imagination.”

Instagram: @josue.rojas.art
http://www.josuerojasart.com/


About the Partner

Paint The Void supports artists for the public good and highlights art as essential, particularly during times of crisis. The organization uplifts artists and their voices by funding public art and creativity in everyday urban spaces – spaces that impact and enhance people’s daily lives. Paint the Void is a fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, born from an idea to help keep artists engaged and paid as guardians of hope and beauty in a time of fear and uncertainty.

Instagram: @paintthevoidproject
Website: www.PaintTheVoid.org

JFK Promenade Map

  • Mural

    Laberinto Verde

  • Sculpture

    Tune In

  • Sculpture

    Rooted (In) Justice

  • Mural

    Harmony of Intersectionality

  • Sculpture

    Street Whale

  • Activation

    Carly: Public Access Piano (West)

  • Mural

    Resonance (West)

  • Mural

    Dream In Color

  • Activation

    Beer & Wine Garden

  • Venue

    Garden Stage

  • Mural

    California Soul

  • Mural

    Koi

  • Mural

    Flower Boi Crosswalk

  • Venue

    Golden Gate Bandshell

  • Mural

    We Cats Will Swing for You

  • Interactive

    NO DANCING

  • Event

    BC & The Howlers

  • Activation

    Coffee Caravan

  • Mural

    Resonance (East)

  • Eat, Travel, Play, Care

  • Activation

    Dionne: Public Access Piano (East)

  • Mural

    Care for Mother Earth

  • Mural

    We Are on Native Land: Honoring the Original Stewards

  • Sculpture

    Remember When

  • Special Events

    Golden Stage

  • Interactive

    100 Golden Chairs

  • Mural

    Prospère Divinity

  • Yellow Dot

  • Activation

    StoryWalk: Golden Gate Park, An A to Z Adventure

  • Concluded

    Doggie Diner Heads