'Splorin' Denver

https://youtube.com/@SplorinDenver ‘Splorin’ Denver: researching its art, architecture, history, and inhabitants, and sharing the best stuff we find.

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week 8: Louisiana-Pearl station, above ground!

there's a Westword writer that called this one ugly, but I really like it, here's why!

bg music is Stretch by Pink Lady Monster

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week 7: University of Denver station!

I'm not as fond of this one, but there's still something to say about it! enjoy!

here's the link to the longer video I reference!

bg music is willow sung by look at fiona.

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week 6: Colorado station!

the artist's other artworks on his website really put this one in perspective for me, so I included a whole bunch of them in the video! enjoy!

bg music is Step On The Ceiling by Moonshake

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Southmoor station update! (12/23/25)

the Southmoor station artwork, Harmonic Pass by Christopher Janney, was (sort of) working again at the end of 2025! check it out!

bg music is Gravitas by The Cat's Glasses

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another update (1/7/2026)

sadly the artwork is back to not working. not sure why it was briefly switched on, it's really too bad, the lights were really pretty!

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Southmoor station update! (12/23/25)

the Southmoor station artwork, Harmonic Pass by Christopher Janney, was (sort of) working again at the end of 2025! check it out!

bg music is Gravitas by The Cat's Glasses

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Art at the Stations week 5: Yale station!

song is Blue Spider II by D. West

added subtitles for this one, probably will going forward - what do you think?

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week 4 redo: Southmoor station!

added subtitles!

bg music is Nomad by Daniel Moran

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once again, sorry that I forget to post things to this page. I'm most active on instagram if you want to see videos and pics soonest! tumblr is most useful for text posts but I don't have those as often. I'll catch it all up now and post the stuff from instagram for the past couple weeks!

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I met Barbara Baer at an art show tonight! We chatted really briefly, I mostly just wanted to confirm that she was indeed the same Barbara Baer that designed the Jazz sculpture in Burns Park, and she told me she was really happy with the recent revamp it got! She's still doing art, and her son as well, which is why they were both at the Arvada Center, the new gallery there is of multiple generations of artists. It's called Family Ties and it's open until March 29th, check it out if you're in Arvada!

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I thought this was clickbait but no turns out a looted Olmec artifact depicting the mouth of Tepeyollotlicuhti, and symbolically marking an entrance to the underworld, was recovered in Denver and returned to Mexico.

Its called "Portal al Inframundo" look how cool this thing is.

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Denver mention! Here's an article, a piece of the artifact was in Denver because it was in the possession of a private collector before being repatriated to Mexico!

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week 3 redo: Belleview station!

now with subtitles!

bg song is Blackberry Jam by Velvet Daydream

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art at the stations week 2 redo!

south I-25 infrastructure part 2: now with subtitles and including a detail I missed the first time around...oops. enjoy!!

bg song is Stretched Out by Travel Kit

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art at the stations week 1 redo, now with subtitles!

bg song is Pizza Time by Dr. Lunch

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Art at the Stations week 5: Yale station!

song is Blue Spider II by D. West

added subtitles for this one, probably will going forward - what do you think?

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art at the stations: south I-25 infrastructure part 2!

song is Stretched Out by Travel Kit

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I completely forgot to add the story behind the mosaic here:

so I know it has a name but I don't know what it is.

it doesn't have a plaque and a writer at Denverite magazine had to track down Barb McKee to credit her with it. in this article about it that I found when I searched up Barb McKee for this video, McKee says she would like a plaque added:

(Surface Strategy is the name of her company)

so it's not Untitled but I don't know what its name is because there's still no plaque! hence my caption there.

...except actually I went back to read the article again just now and dang it I've done that thing again where I read the article too quickly and rely too much on ctrl+f to find information therein. the title appears to be dropped in this oddly worded sentence implying it's like an unoffical pet name the artist gave it (which is why it didn't register before now. hate it when this happens)

so it's actually called (presumably) Cowboys, Hats and Hooves (no oxford comma ig)

well, I'd already been thinking of remaking and reposting these videos in order to add subtitles. so I could also correct the artwork name on this one

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Art at the Stations week 4: Southmoor station!

song is Nomad by Daniel Moran

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thanks y'all for watching my silly video and sorry for forgetting this blog exists sometimes. newer videos up shortly!

(I post them to instagram first if you want to see them as soon as possible!)