We live in a mobile, untethered, wireless world. Or, so we are told by those glamorous models in “work from the beach” television commercials. Well, if only it were that simple for our art space. We had three different contractors — electrical / telephone, fiber optic, and exterior signage — all working inside art251 today, all busily wiring, or discussing wires, cables and conduit.

This morning was not a pretty sight. We had what looked like miles of electrical and telephone cable in various primary colors dangling from the ceiling and walls, and snaking through panels, boxes and holes of different shapes and sizes. By this afternoon, the chaos was gone, the cables hidden and we were all wired up — lots of extra power where we need it and fiber optic service for our communications connections from art251 to the world beyond. Today, we took another step towards completion.