We All Ride
Photo by Tony Moreno
Designed and led by artist J Muzacz
Co-created with the Austin community and The Mosaic Workshop
We All Ride, 2023
8 x 54ft (8 x 30ft panel and 8 x 24ft panel), 2024
Glass tile mosaic
Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility, Austin, TX
Made with Morjo vitreous glass tile (60% recycled material)
100+
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
75,000+
TILES
400+
SQUARE FEET
The mosaic mural diptych conceived by artist J Muzacz and made with the help of Austin’s cycling communities and The Mosaic Workshop, We All Ride is a testament to the strength of solidarity when individuals come together with a common shared goal and vision. Showcasing the unity in community that comes with riding your bike alongside others, cyclists of all ages, shapes, and sizes, on lots of different kinds of bikes, rode up and helped place tens of thousands of tiles at volunteer workdays hosted by artist J Muzacz and The Mosaic Workshop collaborators at Something Cool Studios.
Process
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & INSTALLATION
Encapsulated in the ethos and process of this public art piece are the shared memories of a multitude of Austin's citizens, sitting side-by-side setting tiles into place, creating a glitchy quilt-like aesthetic, inspired by a digital photographic collage reference, but not bound by it. Expressing imagery through a millennia-old mosaic tradition, yet informed by contemporary technologies, expert craftsmanship, and with the incredible luster of vitreous glass, We All Ride is a monumental achievement and stride forward into the realm of possibility when inclusive and accessible participatory public art making is applied toward the creation of permanent landmarks suitable for our everyday shared environment.
