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Patricio Forrester
Patricio Forrester is an artist and muralist known for participatory public art, including walkable floor works and murals using anti-slip paint outdoors.
Patricio Forrester quick facts
Forrester's public art includes participatory murals and floor works for outdoor settings, including a documented project using anti-slip paint.
| Full name | Patricio Forrester |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 · Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Movements | — |
| Paint types | Anti-slip paint |
| Other media | — |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | Walkable floor |
| Painting methods | Preparing public floors with resin-and-cement filler, applying anti-slip paint, then sealing with protective varnish |
| Common subjects | Public space, local communities, collective memory, social change, and participatory imagery |
| Notable works | The Water Drop Stage |
Sources: Artmongers: The Water Drop Stage, Artmongers: Our Story and team, and Espronceda: Patricio Forrester.
Paint types used by Patricio Forrester
In The Water Drop Stage, Forrester used anti-slip paint on a walkable floor, adapting a safety coating for an artwork visitors could cross and experience.
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Anti-slip paint
In The Water Drop Stage, documented by Artmongers and Espronceda, Forrester used anti-slip floor paint as part of a participatory installation. The safety coating let visitors walk across the painted surface, making ordinary public flooring part of the artwork rather than a neutral gallery ground.
Sources: Artmongers: The Water Drop Stage, Artmongers: Our Story and team, and Espronceda: Patricio Forrester.
Painting surfaces used by Patricio Forrester
Patricio Forrester's documented works use walkable floor; examples distinguish the painted surface from its support or object in each cited work.
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Walkable floor
Forrester’s The Water Drop Stage used anti-slip paint on a walkable floor as the installation’s principal surface. The public could move across the painted stage, so the floor functioned as both support and shared space. Artmongers and Espronceda document the project’s participatory construction.
Sources: Artmongers: The Water Drop Stage, Artmongers: Our Story and team, Espronceda: Patricio Forrester.
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