public usage of public space
Public Ad Campaign – "expanding curatorial responsibilities in the city" [Adam Amengual]'telling their story'
the disposable memory projectwe're leaving disposable cameras around the world. hopefully, people will pick them up, take a few photos and pass them on, eventually returning home - so we can tell their stories.
building signage/typography
preservePreserve is on going project to produce a permanent visual record of hand painted building signage. Many of these are being erased from our cityscapes either being worn away by weather over time, covered as buildings have been repainted, disappearing as buildings are demolished or replaced with modern signage equivalents...
'review and comment'
PublicMarkup.org – "an ongoing experiment in preparing legislation more inclusively by opening bills to online, public review"'crazy' officials
Innocent photographer or terrorist?Misplaced fears about terror, privacy and child protection are preventing amateur photographers from enjoying their hobby...
advertising in public space
The Anti-Advertising AgencyThe steady normalization of invasive advertising dulls the public’s perception of their surroundings, re-enforcing a general attitude of powerlessness toward creativity and change, thus a cycle develops enabling advertisers to slowly and consistently increase the saturation of advertising with little or no public outcry.Related project: www.PeopleProducts123.com (see coolstop review)
