Introduction Neighboring is a community-building art project led by myself and fellow designer Catherine Oldershaw. The project invites Pittsburghers, both artists and non-artists alike, to create art or artifacts that explore what it means to be a neighbor. Neighboring will culminate in a juried gallery exhibit at Late Space, where select works will be on display …
Back in 2009, I stumbled on PARK(ing) Day, an international public space event. I’ve always loved the idea, which is to take over a city parking spot for a day and create a mini park there (any kind of park! a rose garden, a skate park, a cafe) where people can hang out and enjoy …
I’ve been interested in some recent articles reexamining the ‘creative class’ as defined by Richard Florida a decade ago. More specifically, I’m interested in articles that discuss cities and the artists/ creatives/ funemployed who live in them. As someone who fits into this category, I love where I live but simultaneously don’t feel supported or …
Lucy Orta creates what she calls “Refuge Wear”, designed with homeless and nomadic people in mind. Her work blurs the line between fashion, sculpture and humanitarian efforts. Some of her ‘pods’ are built for one person, but others are designed for a whole team of people who are linked together by fabric tubes. Although I …
Greg Niemeyer is an artist and associate professor of New Media at UC Berkley. His work experiments with ways to incorporate digital art into the public realm, ideas of interaction with the natural environment as well as with eachother and play. One of his works, Oxygen Flute (2002) was installed in the Hearst Museum of …
Joshua Allen Harris: Subway Grate SculpturesGreat video interview .
Performance artist groups who use the element of surprise: 1) my ALL TIME FAVORITE GROUP: Prangstgrup. This is a guerilla-style theater group from Columbia University. They have done some excellent staged work with hidden cameras. Please look at the Archived Videos and watch “Subway Lecture” (above) features over-specialized academes giving lectures(with handouts!) to strangers on …