Faith47 is a street artist based in Cape Town, South Africa, whose realistic paintings are dominated by religious themes, animal motifs, and compassion for the poor. In addition to her murals on walls in cities around the world she also paints on found objects and canvas.
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Olek is a New York based artist who created the Crocheted Excavators for the 2012 Katowice Street Art Festival in Poland. She covered the construction equipment with pre-crocheted pieces and later had performers covered in crocheted material on stilts interacting with the piece. The last part of the video which shows the performers is especially interesting as their crocheted forms merge with the excavator and bring it to life.
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This project, titled “The Swimming Cities of Serenissima” is by female urban artist Swoon. Three floating vessels constructed from found objects and junk were navigated from Slovenia to Venice where the crews staged multimedia performances. These miniature floating cities entered Venice, a city steeped in history and intrigue, as if coming from another world.
The Urban Projection collective The MAW ask people “What would you die for?” and participants choose the person place or idea that is true for them and make a live animation with their hands.
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Hello and welcome to Urban Intervention: Curiosity, Desire and Pleasure in Public Space.
Links to relevant resources for the course as well as student contributions and discussions will be posted on this blog.
Please begin by viewing the syllabus page or the weekly schedule of lectures.
