“Kansas City has the highest per capita urban pavement in the U.S., reflecting its drivability. However, the Watkins Drive Deflection Run installation showcases the disruption caused by constructing the 10.2-mile Bruce R. Watkins Drive in 2003, creating dead-end streets in the otherwise efficient network. In this performance Thompson and Dustin Dennis drive into the city from opposite ends until forced to detour by the new parkway. Red and grey lines on the map indicate how Thompson headed south on U.S. Route 71 from the city’s northeast end in his grey station wagon while Dennis navigated a red sedan northward from the southwest. They record their many forced detours in a series of windshield photos.”

— Curator Nadja Rottner’s wall label text for Andy T’s Urban Vision