Reblogged from Storefronts Seattle: Storefronts Seattle is proud to announce the first two of three projects in the Belltown neighborhood! Ingrid Lahti One Pacific Tower, 2006 First Avenue, Belltown Through June 2013 Ingrid Lahti traditionally works in neon, but has branched out into illuminated lighting gels in her new installation at First and Virginia. Inspired by […]
A great example of actively adding art in urban settings in order to create enrichment for its inhabitants: Urban landscapes have always inspired art, and Brazil is no exception. A new crop of artists like Matos not only is taking inspiration from Sao Paulo‘s streets but also is trying to give something back. Matos covers […]
When does public art and playfulness interfere with the health and well being of other living things? That can be up for debate… more often than we think. The war between whimsy and responsibility is an ancient one, and it is raging in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Someone, and you’d be hard pressed to […]
Reblogged from The Dirt: http://vimeo.com/dailytouslesjours/21balancoires Daily Tous les Jours, a Canadian interaction design group, creates wonderful multi-disciplinary media projects in public spaces. According to the designers, the idea is to harness mass participation to create one-of-a-kind musical events. At the same time, they also totally change the character of public spaces, getting people to have fun. […]
Super cool! For Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal’s space is paramount, hence the title of this body of work, ‘Space Matters’. Always concerned with how to reshape the space around him, in his art he has achieved this exploration seamlessly. A giant clothespin pinching the landscape, Uysal takes the place of the work as the […]
As you head home tonight, keep an eye out for any rogue street art on your commute. You’ll be surprised what you may see… more at The best examples of street art in 2012 48 pictures | memolition. Related articles Street art map: pinning life to the city (stuff.co.nz) Street art in Cairo. Glenn Belverio […]
Inhabitat is on a role with their environmental enrichment stories! OakOak’s street art is created to amuse and inspire – this self-described “fun-loving” artist plays with urban elements to make people laugh. He finds broken infrastructure, crumbling buildings and cracks and gives them a facelift with the simple addition of a character in play. Everything […]
OpenIDEO asked “How might we inspire and enable communities to take more initiative in making their local environments better?” One of my responses: Install public art to create community, sense of place Install public murals and other public art to create a sense of place and add beauty to urban spaces, which leads to […]
ASLA blog The Dirt has been reporting on their annual meeting, and mentioned a talk discussing why public art is important. I couldn’t agree more! …art occupies a unique position within the art world. In comparison with big-name gallery shows, public art is often “under appreciated” much like landscape architecture. But there’s lots to laud: […]
Playful design in an urban environment? My favorite! Clever and talented Danish artist Jeppe Hein has been custom-making his “Modified Social Benches” for museums, arts festivals, and plazas since the mid-2000s. Most recently, he created a unique set of art you can sit on for Beaufort04, the fourth Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea […]
