make your mark a community activity. what is it about a project about having fun the artist using...
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Make your mark
A community activity
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What is it about
• A project about having fun• The artist using the community• Letting the community use the artist• Inclusive• Non-profit
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What the project can do
Creative,revitalize the community
Make community art
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BUT it needs to be:
• Safe – no law breaking, no climbing ladders, no carrying spades or illicit spray cans around
• No special skills• An inclusive art/activity
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BUT it needs to be:
• Safe – no law breaking, no climbing ladders, no carrying spades or illicit spray cans around
• No special skills• An inclusive art/activity
Why?
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Examples of community art
• Graffiti• Guerrilla gardening• Yarn bombing
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Graffiti
• Community based?• Some is attractive
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Graffiti
• Community based?• Some is attractive• Some has a message
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Graffiti
• Community based?• Some is attractive• Some has a message• Some is just ugly and
destructive
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Guerrilla gardening
• Links to graffiti – find this image on a guerrilla gardening website
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Guerrilla gardening
• Links to graffiti• The aim is to reclaim
spaces, re-green and beautify the city jungle
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Guerrilla gardening
• Links to graffiti• The aim is to reclaim
spaces, re-green and beautify the city jungle
• No space is too small
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Yarn bombing
• Shows its graffiti origins – sharing location
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Yarn bombing
• Shows its graffiti origins• Described as
unthreatening warm and fuzzy graffiti
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Graffiti, gardening, bombing
• Some is social/political commentary• But graffiti artists, guerrillas and bombers are
having fun• These forms of community art require:– specific skills– a will to break the law
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The community in community art
• Involve the community in making art• Involve the art community as volunteer
enablers• Make it accessible to all
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The community in community art
• Involve the community in making art• Accessible to all• How?– Non destructive– Something about the people (identity!)– While made with community involvement it
doesn’t have to remain in the public sphere
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Make a mark equation
Identity+ inclusiveness
+ positive reminder
+ fun = Making a mark
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How to make a mark
• Draw it• Paint it•Write it
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How to make a mark
• Draw it• Paint it• Write it
Wear it
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On a t-shirt
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Where and when
At the beach
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Where and when
The local park
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Take away your own graffiti
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