OPEN CALL 2027 / CIVIC COMFORT AT UNHELPFUL DISTANCES / APOLOGY TO GRAVITY REQUIRED
PROPOSAL DESK / APPLICATION SB-27

Submit a Bench

2027 COMMISSION STRAND

Make a proposal nobody can reasonably build.

We seek serious civic objects for unhelpful distances: seats, rails, shelters, bins, kiosks, planters, clocks, and one category marked "convincing other."

Low-gravity ribbon cutting for a lunar civic object
CALL OPENS04 AUG
QUESTIONS CLOSE41 SEP
SHADOW REVIEWEVENTUAL
SHORTLIST12 NOV
INSTALL2027-ISH

Who and what may apply

PEOPLE

Designers, fabricators, publics

Individuals, teams, municipal offices, students, geologists, and persons with a defensible bench concern.
OBJECTS

Civic use required

The proposal must support sitting, waiting, pointing, retaining, sheltering, honoring, or responsible disposal.
PLACES

Beyond easy maintenance

Lunar sectors, pressure margins, rover verges, crater plazas, and airlocks pretending to be streets.

Six-part proposal packet

01

Concept

400 words, no use of "normal."
02

Drawing

Plan, section, glove clearance.
03

Gravity

Load, tether, return arc.
04

Shadow

Noon, night, 29 km case.
05

Public

Who sits, waits, or objects.
06

Apology

Addressed directly to gravity.

Application worksheet preview

Three-sided lunar bench proposal
PROVISIONAL OBJECT NAMEBench With Fourth Side Pending
PRIMARY CIVIC VERBSit / disagree
SECTORMare Margin, beside nothing
USERS AT ONCEThree or four on appeal
EARTH MASS240 kg including paperwork
SHADOW LENGTH14 km, occasionally political
VACUUM CLASSV-01 fixed civic object
APOLOGY TO GRAVITYAttached, sincerely clipped

Review calendar and criteria

StagePanelQuestionWeight
EligibilityProposal DeskIs it an object and a public matter?Pass/fall slowly
GravityTechnical DeskWill it stay where proposed?1/6
VacuumPermit OfficeCan any piece become a satellite?Absolute
Public juryBench usersWould anybody choose to sit?4 seats
FinalWhole CommissionIs the difficulty productive?Unnecessarily high