Every year, the small Swiss village of Vercorin tries to set itself apart from its neighbors through art. In 2010, design agency Lang/Baumann came up with a fantastic geometric road painting. Read more at The Pop-Up City (source of images above).
SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING
Riding the Red Line in DC has its fair share of challenges between track work, delays, and the network’s busiest transfer stations. But emerging from the tunnel northbound at Union Station is a refreshing experience, highlighted by graffiti-strewn surfaces that brighten the commutes of many, myself included. Compared with other major cities, DC has a notable absence of graffiti.
A Georgetown grad student captured the artists’ stories and commuters’ reactions to this colorful stretch of the District in a documentary short, “See Something, Say Something”. The title is an alternative take on Homeland Security’s mantra of civilian vigilance, as the documentary challenges common perceptions of who is tagging and why. Check out the project webpage.
Fragile is an urban installation by artists Roadsworth (i.e., Peter Gibson) and Brian Armstrong, in collaboration with PROJEKROOM collective.
Using everyday materials like water bottles, cardboard, and bubble wrap found in recycling containers at the Montréal Eaton Centre, they’ve created a massive urban garden that’s five stories high.
With this installation, they hoped to call attention to the fragility of our ecosystem and to raise awareness on the value of everyday materials.
(via fuckyeahmontrealrs)
German artist Aram Bartholl is at it again, questioning the overlap of cyberspace and physical space in cities. The former architecture student has been installing 6-metre replicas of Google Maps’ iconic red markers at their denoted centres of cities in real space. See and read more at Architizer and Rhizome.
Until September 16th along Broadway Boulevard in Times Square the Meeting Bowls by the Spanish collaborative mmmm… invite people to socialize. They’re a series of three over-sized semi-spherical capsules that provide seating for up to eight people.
Montreal (by Jim Delicio)
