a series of cool street painting... turning the gutters into super cute animals
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December 17, 2008
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April 13, 2008
Conflux Festival
Conflux is the annual NYC festival for contemporary psychogeography where international artists, technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of everyday city life into practice on the streets.
Here are some examples of the great works that have been shown at this festival:
Have a Seat by Caroline Woolard
At night, Caroline Woolward fixed a dozen seats on street posts so people could take a rest:
I feel that this architectural intervention allows any pedestrian to experience the monotony of everyday life in a new way. Perhaps this small fissure in reality will open doors for the public to re-evaluate the status quo. [...]
Anyone can rest without removing themselves from the reality of urban bustle and going to a picturesque park.
Picture is from WMMNA where you can find also more info.
Waste Carrier by Gertrude Berg
Gertrude Berg made an outfit where she could store her personal trash sorted in different bags and carry it during the festival:
For the duration of one week I will wear this uniform to all occasions, except for sleeping, and any other circumstances that would make it impossible for me to wear it. My interest lies in the experience of the extra weight on my body accumulated by waste material that normally is put out of ones sight as soon as possible. As bags could easily be subjects for suspicion in public places and on public transportation systems in NYC, I am also challenged by the reaction I will receive from the public and the officials.
Picture is from WMMNA where you can find also more info.
Here are some examples of the great works that have been shown at this festival:
Have a Seat by Caroline Woolard
At night, Caroline Woolward fixed a dozen seats on street posts so people could take a rest:
I feel that this architectural intervention allows any pedestrian to experience the monotony of everyday life in a new way. Perhaps this small fissure in reality will open doors for the public to re-evaluate the status quo. [...]
Anyone can rest without removing themselves from the reality of urban bustle and going to a picturesque park.
Picture is from WMMNA where you can find also more info.
Waste Carrier by Gertrude Berg
Gertrude Berg made an outfit where she could store her personal trash sorted in different bags and carry it during the festival:For the duration of one week I will wear this uniform to all occasions, except for sleeping, and any other circumstances that would make it impossible for me to wear it. My interest lies in the experience of the extra weight on my body accumulated by waste material that normally is put out of ones sight as soon as possible. As bags could easily be subjects for suspicion in public places and on public transportation systems in NYC, I am also challenged by the reaction I will receive from the public and the officials.
Picture is from WMMNA where you can find also more info.
February 13, 2008
Green River
by Olafur Eliasson
The artist poured non-toxic dye into the rivers of different cities in the world (here it's Chicago) to draw people's attention to the environment they pass everyday.
From an interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist:
HUO: So the idea was to make the city visible for its inhabitants, who no longer take any notice of the way it works or what's special about it. What you did was aimed at challenging their perception of their environment as something changeless and reassuring.
OE: Right. I wanted to get a fix on how the river is perceived in the city. Is it something dynamic or static? Something real or just a representation? I wanted to make it present again, get people to notice its movement and turbulence. For a few minutes there it was "hyperreal". In some respects the history of cities is the history of how they're represented and most of the time this is done by accentuating the classical, monumental structures that suggest power. The way we experience public spaces is more to do with the way representation and iconography influence our senses and our habits of seeing. A lot of people see urban space as an external image they have no connection with, not even physically.
The artist poured non-toxic dye into the rivers of different cities in the world (here it's Chicago) to draw people's attention to the environment they pass everyday.
From an interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist:
HUO: So the idea was to make the city visible for its inhabitants, who no longer take any notice of the way it works or what's special about it. What you did was aimed at challenging their perception of their environment as something changeless and reassuring.
OE: Right. I wanted to get a fix on how the river is perceived in the city. Is it something dynamic or static? Something real or just a representation? I wanted to make it present again, get people to notice its movement and turbulence. For a few minutes there it was "hyperreal". In some respects the history of cities is the history of how they're represented and most of the time this is done by accentuating the classical, monumental structures that suggest power. The way we experience public spaces is more to do with the way representation and iconography influence our senses and our habits of seeing. A lot of people see urban space as an external image they have no connection with, not even physically.
Trash Project
A Good Day Project by the Global Wellness Organisation
From their website:
'It's a GoodDay to reduce the trash' is the message behind this project. Keeping material useful is quite a challenge for us humans. Hopefully we will become better at it soon. Because a garbage dump is not a very nice playground for kids to grow up on.
We are working on how you can participate on this project. It's bound to have something to do with two balloons, a black edding, some carton, tape and trash.
From their website:
'It's a GoodDay to reduce the trash' is the message behind this project. Keeping material useful is quite a challenge for us humans. Hopefully we will become better at it soon. Because a garbage dump is not a very nice playground for kids to grow up on.
We are working on how you can participate on this project. It's bound to have something to do with two balloons, a black edding, some carton, tape and trash.
January 20, 2008
January 17, 2008
January 16, 2008
Work by Santiago Cirugeda
Strategies for subversive urban occupation
Public Domain Occupation with skips
Sevilla, 1997
House enlarging with scaffolding
Sevilla, 1998
Tree occupation with insect house
Sevilla, 2001
from his website:
Reasons for building one-self an urban reserve can be as many as citizens are, that dare doing it. What man can certainly say, is that this personal and intimate action takes place outside everything politicians and professionals may plan, it follows ways that are labelled by difference, by independence, and it makes obvious that the citizen plays a very important role in the development and construction of the environment he lives in.
Public Domain Occupation with skips
Sevilla, 1997
House enlarging with scaffolding
Sevilla, 1998
Tree occupation with insect house
Sevilla, 2001
from his website:Reasons for building one-self an urban reserve can be as many as citizens are, that dare doing it. What man can certainly say, is that this personal and intimate action takes place outside everything politicians and professionals may plan, it follows ways that are labelled by difference, by independence, and it makes obvious that the citizen plays a very important role in the development and construction of the environment he lives in.
Work by Forays
High Waterline
by eve s. mosher
From the website:
High Water Line is a public artwork on the New York city waterfront designed to create an immediate visual and local understanding of the affects of climate change. I will be marking the 10-feet above sea level line by drawing a blue chalk line and installing illuminated beacons in parks. This line marks the extent of increased flooding brought on by stronger and more frequent storms as a result of climate change.
From the website:
High Water Line is a public artwork on the New York city waterfront designed to create an immediate visual and local understanding of the affects of climate change. I will be marking the 10-feet above sea level line by drawing a blue chalk line and installing illuminated beacons in parks. This line marks the extent of increased flooding brought on by stronger and more frequent storms as a result of climate change.
NoPark
by Natalie Jeremijenko/ xClinic
NoPark returns “no parking zones”—mostly those associated fire hydrant placement- -to low growth mosses and grasses. These micro engineered green spaces prevent storm water run off, use foliage to stabilize the soil, and to provide a durable low maintenance surface cover.
NoPark returns “no parking zones”—mostly those associated fire hydrant placement- -to low growth mosses and grasses. These micro engineered green spaces prevent storm water run off, use foliage to stabilize the soil, and to provide a durable low maintenance surface cover.
Blinkenlights
by Chaos Computer Club
CCC transformed a large building in Berlin into a gigantic display that could be controlled online or via cell phones – for creating animations, messages, playing pong...
CCC transformed a large building in Berlin into a gigantic display that could be controlled online or via cell phones – for creating animations, messages, playing pong...
January 10, 2008
Bubble Project
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