you are beautiful
www.you-are-beautiful.com
"let our statement inform you. but feel free to forget it all. and simply enjoy the message. let this project be what it is for you."
You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement which is incorporated into the over absorption of mass media and lifestyles that are wrapped in consumer culture.
The intention behind this project is to reach beyond ourselves as individuals to make a difference by creating moments of positive self realization. We're just attempting to make the world a little better.
Intention is the most important aspect of the You Are Beautiful project in its idea of purity. Nothing is sacred. Everything that has a perceived value becomes commodified. We work extremely hard that this message is received as a simple act of kindness, and nothing more.
Advertising elicits a response to buy, where this project elicits a response to do something. The attempt with You Are Beautiful is to create activism instead of consumerism.
You Are Beautiful uses the medium of advertising and commercialization to spread a positive message.
Projects like these make a difference in the world by catching us in the midst of daily life and creating moments of positive self realization.
"let our statement inform you. but feel free to forget it all. and simply enjoy the message. let this project be what it is for you."
You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement which is incorporated into the over absorption of mass media and lifestyles that are wrapped in consumer culture.
The intention behind this project is to reach beyond ourselves as individuals to make a difference by creating moments of positive self realization. We're just attempting to make the world a little better.
Intention is the most important aspect of the You Are Beautiful project in its idea of purity. Nothing is sacred. Everything that has a perceived value becomes commodified. We work extremely hard that this message is received as a simple act of kindness, and nothing more.
Advertising elicits a response to buy, where this project elicits a response to do something. The attempt with You Are Beautiful is to create activism instead of consumerism.
You Are Beautiful uses the medium of advertising and commercialization to spread a positive message.
Projects like these make a difference in the world by catching us in the midst of daily life and creating moments of positive self realization.
project m: water meter
www.buyameter.org/
"one in four households in hale county is not connected to a municiple water system." this was their solution.
"one in four households in hale county is not connected to a municiple water system." this was their solution.
braddock, pa
www.15104.cc
with the collapse of the steel industry in and the crack cocaine epidemic of the eighties, the once thriving braddock became a ghost town and haven for crime. since 2005, mayor John Fetterman has single handedly started to rebuild the area, using art to "create amid destruction."
with the collapse of the steel industry in and the crack cocaine epidemic of the eighties, the once thriving braddock became a ghost town and haven for crime. since 2005, mayor John Fetterman has single handedly started to rebuild the area, using art to "create amid destruction."
publicolor
www.publicolor.org
the idea behind publicolor is simple: paint public schools to show students and investment in their environment, and subsequently, their education.
"Our mission is to use color, collaboration, design and the painting process to empower students to transform themselves, their schools, and their communities. We do this by teaching innercity students the marketable skill of commerical painting, which itself can break the cycle of poverty, then uniquely empower students to transform their own school's environment and that of nearby community sites."
the idea behind publicolor is simple: paint public schools to show students and investment in their environment, and subsequently, their education.
"Our mission is to use color, collaboration, design and the painting process to empower students to transform themselves, their schools, and their communities. We do this by teaching innercity students the marketable skill of commerical painting, which itself can break the cycle of poverty, then uniquely empower students to transform their own school's environment and that of nearby community sites."
baltimore sweep action parade
www.baltimoresweepaction.org
Baltimore Sweep Action: Towards the Center is a cross-neighborhood project, which engages four distant communities in Baltimore. Through the meditative and cleansing action of sweeping, participants perform a gesture counter to the expanding motion of gentrification. Pushing towards the center, participants will celebrate crossing boundaries, and civic pride while being drawn towards the beautiful Mt Vernon Place raising awareness for the Walters exhibit Maps: Finding our Place in the World. The viewer in the park is confronted with a monumental relic of community collaboration. The trash is displayed openly as a reminder to the viewer that we must openly face our social and environmental problems.
Baltimore Sweep Action: Towards the Center is a cross-neighborhood project, which engages four distant communities in Baltimore. Through the meditative and cleansing action of sweeping, participants perform a gesture counter to the expanding motion of gentrification. Pushing towards the center, participants will celebrate crossing boundaries, and civic pride while being drawn towards the beautiful Mt Vernon Place raising awareness for the Walters exhibit Maps: Finding our Place in the World. The viewer in the park is confronted with a monumental relic of community collaboration. The trash is displayed openly as a reminder to the viewer that we must openly face our social and environmental problems.
the amazing port street project
www.nytimes.com
a safe haven in east baltimore that includes a labyrinth, garden, and murals where abandoned houses once stood.
a safe haven in east baltimore that includes a labyrinth, garden, and murals where abandoned houses once stood.
maps on purpose
www.artonpurpose.org
an ambitious art on purpose project that sought to engage as many baltimore neighborhoods as possible in community map making. the final maps were shown at the walters art musuem in conjunction with their maps exhibition.
an ambitious art on purpose project that sought to engage as many baltimore neighborhoods as possible in community map making. the final maps were shown at the walters art musuem in conjunction with their maps exhibition.
the urban forest project
www.bmore-urbanforestproject.org
the urban forest project started in new york city in 2006 by worldstudio. the idea was to have well known artists and designers create banners to hang around the city using the tree is a metaphor for sustainability. when the banners came down, they were will be recycled into tote bags and sold to raise money for a local non-profit. in spring and summer of 2008 baltimore installed their own version of the urban forest project to promote awareness about something called treebaltimore, a mayorial initiative to increase the "tree canopy" in baltimore from 20% to 40% by 2030.
the urban forest project started in new york city in 2006 by worldstudio. the idea was to have well known artists and designers create banners to hang around the city using the tree is a metaphor for sustainability. when the banners came down, they were will be recycled into tote bags and sold to raise money for a local non-profit. in spring and summer of 2008 baltimore installed their own version of the urban forest project to promote awareness about something called treebaltimore, a mayorial initiative to increase the "tree canopy" in baltimore from 20% to 40% by 2030.
everything is ok
www.everythingisok.com
an act of "subversive positivism." any one can purchase the "everything is ok" caution tape from the website and use in a public place. the idea is to force the viewer to question "is everything really ok?" and possibly prompt conversations of action.
an act of "subversive positivism." any one can purchase the "everything is ok" caution tape from the website and use in a public place. the idea is to force the viewer to question "is everything really ok?" and possibly prompt conversations of action.
the neighborhood exchange program
www.urbanitebaltimore.com
"the idiosyncrasies and individual character of these neighborhoods contribute to baltimore's rich texture and coarse charm, but they also reinforce baltimore's stratification and contribute to its entrenched problems. neighborhoods are pitted against one another for shares of city resources, close neighbors willfully ignore problems in adjacent communities, and residents are discouraged-through ingrained habits, prejudices, or political pressure-from straying beyond their neighborhood boundaries."
"the idiosyncrasies and individual character of these neighborhoods contribute to baltimore's rich texture and coarse charm, but they also reinforce baltimore's stratification and contribute to its entrenched problems. neighborhoods are pitted against one another for shares of city resources, close neighbors willfully ignore problems in adjacent communities, and residents are discouraged-through ingrained habits, prejudices, or political pressure-from straying beyond their neighborhood boundaries."
"we hope that other neighborhoods will see this as an impetus for their own neighborhood exchange programs, reaching across the walls to meet with the unknown other that we are taught to avoid, combat, or ignore. this idea should not be limited to community groups–any individual can take steps to expand his or her horizons. the goal is to reach out and meet our neighbors, looking outward as well as inward. we believe that a collection of neighbors and neighborhoods can rally around their commonalities and respond to their collective differences, proving literally greater than the sum of their parts."
if you don't see it, it doesn't exist
ifyoudontseeit.com
"the objective of if you don’t see it, is to raise awareness surrounding the social problems facing our cities. many issues are swept under the rug, hidden from a large part of the population.as long as these issues are kept “out of sight,” nothing will be done to fix them. the goal of if you don’t see it is to empower everyday people to get the word out, take action, and help solve the problems."
a piece studio project.
"the objective of if you don’t see it, is to raise awareness surrounding the social problems facing our cities. many issues are swept under the rug, hidden from a large part of the population.as long as these issues are kept “out of sight,” nothing will be done to fix them. the goal of if you don’t see it is to empower everyday people to get the word out, take action, and help solve the problems."
a piece studio project.
43.5 actions in usonia
http://www.floatinglabcollective.org
a group of d.c. artists aiming to take art into the public sphere and engage different groups of people through 43.5 actions in usonia.
a group of d.c. artists aiming to take art into the public sphere and engage different groups of people through 43.5 actions in usonia.
ten minute tickets
labs.ideo.com
ideo design is trying out an idea called "10 minute tickets": renewable tickets that give the user 10 minutes of free play. they can be used over and over again, or be passed on to someone else.
ideo design is trying out an idea called "10 minute tickets": renewable tickets that give the user 10 minutes of free play. they can be used over and over again, or be passed on to someone else.
edible estates
www.edibleestates.org
Edible Estates is a practical food producing initiative, a place-responsive landscape design proposal, a scientific horticultural experiment, a conceptual land-art project, a defiant political statement, a community out-reach program and an act of radical gardening!
Edible Estates is a practical food producing initiative, a place-responsive landscape design proposal, a scientific horticultural experiment, a conceptual land-art project, a defiant political statement, a community out-reach program and an act of radical gardening!
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