5×5 A Project of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities: Transforming the District with Public Art from TheDCARTS on Vimeo.

The city will once again commission 25 temporary public art installations in all eight Wards as part of the 5×5 project.

Five curators — Lance Fung, Shamim M. Momin, Stephanie Sherman, Justine Topfer and A.M. Weaver — will work with five artists “to create five bodies of public work,” according to a release from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

The curators will manage and oversee each artist’s concept, budget and schedule. The DCCAH Public Art Committee, a four-member selection committee, chose these curator’s proposals from more than 25 submissions. The installations will range in duration, but will not exceed four months. The installations will be unveiled and showcased during September – December, 2014.

Weaver’s project, Ceremonies of Dark Men, will feature “large-scale photographs by five male artists placed in key areas around the city. Their works will, in part, address issues of black manhood in creative ways.” Fung’s Nonuments will be “a temporary sculpture park featuring ‘monuments’ devoted not to the great but to ordinary people, to the ideals of democracy, and to the common struggles of humanity.”

I want to transform two vacant parcels of land in Southwest into a much-needed public space. Currently, many pedestrians—adults and children—cut across the empty lots with nothing to look at or do. I feel that by placing beautiful and thought-provoking sculptures in that location the public will be engaged in a variety of ways. People driving by will see something fresh and new, with different appearances in the day and night. Pedestrians will stop, pause and think.

“The Commission considered submissions from curators across the globe,” Lionell Thomas, Executive Director for the D.C. Commission on The Arts and Humanities, said in a release. “These selected projects spotlight the significance of a vibrant arts community, which contributes to making our city a wonderful place to live, work and play.”

The project will cost $500,000. Find out more about the curators here.