The Art Box will open into an all-inclusive artist studio space where artists create an original piece of visual art work within a one-week residency. The residencies will take place outdoors in five Pittsburgh neighborhoods during the summer months of 2011: Friendship, Lawrenceville, Polish Hill, Southside, and Central Northside. This is the artists' blog.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Day 2 in Lawrenceville
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Day 1 in Lawrenceville
So here's my setup. The bench, which will later be part of the final sculpture, served as a great invitation for passersby to sit with me and chat, which was great.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Will Starts in Lawrenceville Tomorrow
Tomorrow its my turn to start making work in the Art Box! I'll be in front of Wild Card on Butler St in Lawrenceville from around 2pm until 8pm.
For those of you who have been following the project and saw the great work that Jess and Alberto created, my project should be an interesting change of pace from Alberto's gorgeous mini sites... instead of going small, I'll be going big! A giant pine cone smashing a park bench!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Art Out of the Box Southside
I want to take this opportunity to thank Sam McDonough for her amazing vision and hard work to make this project happen; and for making a part of her artwork that of supporting other artists.
I also want to thank Michael McFadden for his support and awesomeness.
On site, I constructed and installed a total of 13 Mini Sites in the corner of 12th and Carson.
Here is a selection of stereo images of the main sites (I like using stereo pictures because they come a little bit closer to capturing the three-dimensionality of the actual pieces.)
"Paper Boat Site 1"
"Paper Boat Site 2"
"Clothes Line"
"How to Fold a Paper Boat"
"Three Chairs"
"Picnic"
"Chess Game"
"Park"
"Park" detail
"Salad Bowl"
"The Cave"
"Pond 1"
To get an idea of the context where these live, and to see the public's interactions and reactions, check out this last of the photo videos:
Mini Sites 3 from Alberto J. Almarza on Vimeo.
I had a truly wonderful experience working in (and out of) the box; and plan to continue hiding more miniatures in the streets of Pittsburgh.
I also have a renewed interest in furthering the dialog with the public, building community and conversation around art and its great power to...
put a smile in someone's face.
AA11
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Alberto Out of the Box DAy 5
Friday, June 17, 2011
Art Out of the Box Day 4
Thursday, June 16, 2011
AOB Southside Day 3
I also talked to a whole lot of people. A couple of my students came to visit, and I made a new friend named Pat who at first was really trying to argue with me. He really put me to the test...
Alberto AOB Day 2
Mini Sites 2 from Alberto J. Almarza on Vimeo.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Alberto's first day!
So here I am, working at the box, in the corner of 12th and Carson in the Southside. Not much foot traffic at first, but soon things started picking up.
Mini Sites 1 from Alberto J. Almarza on Vimeo.
So two mini sites where set in place, and a lot more to go. My plan is to make enough that I kind of forget which ones are where. They are made to be fairly weather resistant, so if all goes well they should stay there for quite a while. Aren't you curious? Do you think you can find them? I dare you!
At the end of the day, Samantha found this cool bug on the side of the box; what I consider to be an auspicious omen!
That was a peek of day 1; now I gotta run to the Southside again, will be there till Sunday...
SEE YOU THERE!
AA11