Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
In the process of creating a facebook group!
We can use this to gather people, have them invite others, and then in turn start a huge email thread perhaps, gathering as many people as we can to inform them about it.
We can use this to gather people, have them invite others, and then in turn start a huge email thread perhaps, gathering as many people as we can to inform them about it.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Inspiration for kids' house: tent fort!
A possible inspiration for the "child" bus shelter comes from color me Katie aka. Katie Sokoler. This artist is always creatively redecorating areas of her house, or areas of her neighbourhood to make it more fun and inspiring, and one day erected a tent in her (hallway? living room?) to "escape the real world for a bit."I'm loving the mix of rich fabrics, stars, and comfy fabrics that she uses to create that sense of imagination and inspiration I remember having a lot more of as a child.
Inspiration: bus shelter swing
This is a neat video, made by Bruno Taylor for his masters at Central Saint Martins for industrial design. The whole point is to add play to public spaces, and to use industrial objects to create fun in people's lives. It's sort of similar to what we are doing with our bus house, except instead of installing a swing (which would totally crush it, seeing as the shelter only has three load bearing pillars and is probably not strong enough to support the weight of a person), we are providing comfortable and snazzy home decor.
Another project Bruno is working on is a bouncing bench, which definitely sounds more exciting than a regular, static bench does. His website can be found here.
The point of all this
So you may have seen some of the interesting shizz going down in this blog and wondered (if you're like me and think a little too hard about these things): what's the point?
There are two points actually, both of which come from two totally different ways to look at art.
The main idea behind this project follows along with the urban playground movement: a series of artistic projects and improv events around the world that seek to reclaim public space, and bring fun and personality to otherwise bland structures and infrastructures. Wouldn't it be fun to wait for the bus in a quirky living room environment, instead of in a structure that is almost purely functional? Wouldn't it be great to make a bus shelter something that greatly improves someone's day because of the experience it creates?
The second layer of this project explores the idea of home, and refers back to more "traditional" installation art of the 70s that seeks to sculpt an encompassing experience and intellectual theme. Through this exploration, we wish to show how different ideas of a home that come through different life "stages": the child stage, where anything is possible, and a dream home is something outrageous and unlimited by pragmatism; the young adult, where life and furniture are mismatched, and the decor is very grounded and dictated by use; and the adult stage, where a lot of the elements are sculpted based on others' demands and expectation, and many of the elements are there to impress upon an invisible audience. The categories are not really based on age, rather they are based on an archetypal view of that life stage - for example, someone who is 80 could look at life (and furniture) through the eyes of a child. The goal of using the archetypes is to find a way to address the different ways in which people look at a home based on how they see the world around them.
Both ideas represent two totally different ways of looking at installation, and when used together will create an interesting layered experience. The reason for the project's existence is to add that sense of fun and awesome to the life of a typical bus user, and the decorating scheme was picked in such a way that anyone could have a more intellectual take on the project if they wished.
All this being said, an art project does not by any means need to have a point to exist. This blurb is just here for those future art historians who are totally checking us out.
There are two points actually, both of which come from two totally different ways to look at art.
The main idea behind this project follows along with the urban playground movement: a series of artistic projects and improv events around the world that seek to reclaim public space, and bring fun and personality to otherwise bland structures and infrastructures. Wouldn't it be fun to wait for the bus in a quirky living room environment, instead of in a structure that is almost purely functional? Wouldn't it be great to make a bus shelter something that greatly improves someone's day because of the experience it creates?
The second layer of this project explores the idea of home, and refers back to more "traditional" installation art of the 70s that seeks to sculpt an encompassing experience and intellectual theme. Through this exploration, we wish to show how different ideas of a home that come through different life "stages": the child stage, where anything is possible, and a dream home is something outrageous and unlimited by pragmatism; the young adult, where life and furniture are mismatched, and the decor is very grounded and dictated by use; and the adult stage, where a lot of the elements are sculpted based on others' demands and expectation, and many of the elements are there to impress upon an invisible audience. The categories are not really based on age, rather they are based on an archetypal view of that life stage - for example, someone who is 80 could look at life (and furniture) through the eyes of a child. The goal of using the archetypes is to find a way to address the different ways in which people look at a home based on how they see the world around them.
Both ideas represent two totally different ways of looking at installation, and when used together will create an interesting layered experience. The reason for the project's existence is to add that sense of fun and awesome to the life of a typical bus user, and the decorating scheme was picked in such a way that anyone could have a more intellectual take on the project if they wished.
All this being said, an art project does not by any means need to have a point to exist. This blurb is just here for those future art historians who are totally checking us out.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Some more links,Wooo
http://thewondrous.com/unusual-yet-creative-bus-shelters/
http://ageingoverlanders.co.uk/?page_id=282
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackfrog79#p/a/u/1/nDqbb0eHVXA
(a bad video but a good idea)
I will try to upload some pics of the Moscow subway soon.
maybe we can post pics of interesting furniture we find too?
http://ageingoverlanders.co.uk/?page_id=282
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackfrog79#p/a/u/1/nDqbb0eHVXA
(a bad video but a good idea)
I will try to upload some pics of the Moscow subway soon.
maybe we can post pics of interesting furniture we find too?
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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