This t-shirt project about consumerism resulted in four t-shirts that reclaim our personal visual space, so frequently used for advertising.
This t-shirt project about consumerism resulted in four t-shirts that reclaim our personal visual space, so frequently used for advertising.
July 4th Parade and Media Conglomerate
Media Conglomerate in the Bloomington July 4th Parade
Collaboration piece by Your Art Here co-founders that participated in the Bloomington 4th of July Parade, and was subsequently hung on Billboard 101.
Press
Kick it Out!, Adbusters Magazine, vol.12, no. 5, SEP/OCT, 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.adbusters.org
Flatland: Billboards in the Crossroads of America
Mine is Bigger Than Yours by Benjamin Long
Flatland was a collaborative project with Indiana University’s SoFA Gallery that resulted in 7 art billboards both in the SoFA Gallery and in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Pieces by Angela Edwards, Linda Adele, Benjamin Long, Jasmine Grskovic, Denis Chamberlain, and Antonia Curry
Press
Dead Bugs, a Billboard, 1970s Polaroids, and Toy Cameras: Local Photographer Blurs and Constructs Memory Across Generations in ‘The Possibility of Loss’
Flatland: Billboards in the Crossroads of America: A statewide billboard competition ends with gallery opening, By Roseanne Hennessey & Betsy Stirratt, August 15, 2003
http://www.unitedwaypc.org/news/detail.lasso?apple=404
‘Your Art Here’ project showcases Hoosier artists’ work on billboards, Journal and Courier, June 22, 2003
http://www.jconline.com/
Arts Eye #27, Indiana Arts Commission, June 2003
http://www.state.in.us/arts/publications/ArtsEye_jun_july2003.html
Artists to redefine art with competition: Winners work to be displayed on billboards throughout Indiana, By Kelly Phillips, The Indiana Daily Student, June 26, 2003
Arts Eye #26, Indiana Arts Commission, May 2003
http://www.in.gov/arts/publications/26_may03_ArtsEye.html
Billboard Generation I
This is Your Choice, By Ben, 8 years old
Billboard Generation I was the first YAH call for entries within Bloomington area schools in Celebration of National Youth Art Month. The contest theme was Peace and/or War, and it resulted in two youth art billboards on commercially rented spaces in Bloomington, IN. Peace, Worth Striving For, by Esther, and This is Your Choice, by Benjamin went up for display the day before the War with Iraq started.
Press
World Wide Billboard Domination: Your Art Here, Bloomington’s Finest Subvertisement Agency, By Christopher Lombardi, The Pin-up, Vol.2, No.3, February 7, 2003
Look up! Local group puts art on Bloomington billboards, By Jane Charney, The Indiana Daily Student, February 13, 2003
Exquisite Corpse Billboard at the Pin-up Benefit
Participants in the Exquisite Corpse Billboard
Public performance of an exquisite corpse billboard where viewers were asked to become the artists.