(small) creative initiatives that challenge (big) traditional ideas
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In a conceptual protest against the privately owned public spaces in New York City, members of the Graffiti Research Lab came up with a way of making these non-spaces a bit more user-friendly.
Inspired by the FedexFurniture project, the GRL team created a bunch of chairs, made of free-of-charge US postal mail boxes and brought them to one of the locations in question.
Thanks to the DIY chairs, the space was momentarily turned into real place where people could actually sit and relax.
The Graffiti Research Lab is dedicated to outfitting people with open source tools for urban communication. Their goal is to empower individuals to creatively alter and reclaim their surroundings from commercial and corporate culture. One of their most celebrated tools is the LED Throwie - a small, battery-powered light, attached to a magnet, which can be used to make 'light-graffiti' on metal surfaces.
Elena Fuchs wrote:
Dear madame/sir
we (the Swiss architecture museum in Basel) are planning an exhibition called Instant Urbanism (10th of june until 16th of september 2007). In a first research we are interested in the project "conceptual protest against privately owned public spaces of NY" by the Graffiti Research Lab.
Unfortunately I can't find any contact to the Graffiti Research Lab. Could you help me and sent me a contact by mail
production@sam-basel.org.
I'm looking forward hearing from you.
Please confirm that you received this e-mail.
Thank you a lot for your cooperation!
Best regards
Elena Fuchs
sebastian wrote:
Elena , check your mail.
Contact: Sebastian Campion