You've seen shipping containers your whole life - blazing down the highway, chugging past on trains, stacked on cargo ships - but you've never seen them like this. Ten of Pittsburgh's most creative artists have been thinking outside the box... and turning these boxes into Pittsburgh's freshest art experiences.

Contained #1
Code Words: Mutations
by Lori Hepner
An interactive print installation that explores binary code and the ways in which language breaks down.

Contained #2
Equipoise
by Joshua Space
An enormous kaleidoscope invites you to explore questions of light and space.

Contained #3
On the Path of Metamorphosis: The Self-Discovery of the Beltzmann Child
by Ryan Keene
A multimedia sound experience narrating an individual's realization of self.

Contained #4
Empowering the Object
by Adrienne Heinrich and Patricia Sheahan
A look at the history and power of ordinary objects.

Contained #5
Water & Wine
by Jocelyn Horner, Katherine Young and Molly Weaver
A multimedia exploration of the curious intersection of Pittsburgh's places of worship and neighborhood pubs.

Contained #6
Stanwix St. at Ft. Duquesne Blvd. to Forbes Ave. at Wood St., 8:02 - 9:39 pm, May 6, 2008
by Robert Raczka
A sequence of photographs shot at nightfall in the vicinity of Market Square

Contained #7
The POK Cave
by Alberto Almarza
A fantastic dream world with the viewer as archaeologist

Contained #8
Zen Zones
by Anna Mikolay
An interactive multimedia Zen experience

Contained #9
Make;Shift
by Pati Beachley and Carol Hode
Discover Market Square in a whole new way, as a series of fixed and fluid moments in time

Contained #10
Twist, Tie, Multiply: Hands in Action
by Anna Divinsky, Joanna Commandaros and Karen Page
An interactive cabinet of curiosities representing the body that will evolve and grow over the course of the Festival

Contained is a project of the Three Rivers Arts Festival and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Contained is made possible by the generous support of American Bridge Company, our lead industrial sponsor, and Pitt Ohio Express, our lead transportation sponsor, and Hertz Gateway Center, LP and Pittsburgh Magazine.