Urban Art

We were asked to do some research about both public and environmental art before starting on our own urban art projects.  Here are a few of my favorite examples of public art:

http://www.designer-daily.com/a-wall-that-plays-music-when-it-rains-21016

Post Alley,  Seattle
http://daily.sightline.org/2011/08/26/alley-alley-in-come-free-2/

The following are all from:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nycstreets/collections/72157625266555302/.

Plan Ahead - NYC

Container Series - NYC

Welcomed Guests - NYC

Worker Bees - NYC

Tillary Street Barrier - NYC

Urban Garden - NYC

Mind Maps

A seemingly impossible task.  Take everything inside of your mind, the things that describe your hobbies, interests, who you are, and your skills, and put them in an organized tiny little space.  I don't know how all that stuff manages to fit in my brain, let alone on a finite space.  So, after thinking about it for a while, I decided I wanted to attempt a mobile.   I thought that the dynamic movements behind the piece would bring this rough outline of my mind to life a little bit. 

 Well, quickly after beginning, I realized that I had greatly underestimated the amount of time needed to complete such a project.  After spending most of a Friday afternoon on the project, and making not nearly enough headway, I accepted that this was not going to be anything like I imagined. 

It turned out to be OK, but, being the perfectionist I am, there is much I feel like I could have improved upon.  However, its an interesting piece to look at, and it does the job that it was meant to.  So here are my skills:

Genesis

Yet another blog for school.  In this amazing new world with all the technology, it should be no surprise to me that I am now supposed to be blogging for art.  It's really now the time where I should just start embracing it.  This is now my third blog, so why shouldn't I?

The title is for my mother, the lover of all rhymes and endearing nicknames for anything on this good earth.