“One month later and seven hours of stenciling today, and it’s up! With a lot of help and support from old and new friends, I turned the side of an abandoned house in my neighborhood into a giant chalkboard where residents can fill in the blank and remember what is important to them in life. It’s also about turning a neglected space into a constructive one where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us. It turns out this entire process has been a great lesson, experience, and project in itself – more on that later. If you’re in New Orleans, stop by the corner of Marigny and Burgundy (900 Marigny St) to add your thoughts to the wall and see what matters most to your neighbors. The responses and stories from passers-by while we were installing it have already hit me hard in the heart. More installations to come.”
I love this public art installation by Candy Chang.
Reading through the responses of course you get the “Before I Die I Want to: Not write on a stupid wall” chuckleheads. But I was happy to see this frivolous input did not derail the experiment and that the rest of the participants gave the piece some honest thought, I know I would.
It made me wonder, how would something like this go over in Boston?
Would people respect it?
Surprisingly, I can’t recall a public installation piece in our fair city that has relied on the participation of passerbys to complete the experience..has there been one?
Candy’s work was given the “Certificate of Appropriateness” from the city of New Orleans. Would Boston, a city quick to buff out street art and fairly prude conservative in many respects, be accepting of an initiative like this?
I wish it would, and I would love the help out.
Before I die I want to see the entire world. (..& Peter Gabriel in concert) ♥
