MetaFilter posts tagged with publicart

Woking Walker

Kronos_to_Earth — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:24:57 -0800

"Once the tripods start to move, no more news comes out of that area..." Fortunately Michael Condron's tribute to The War of the Worlds, put up on its centenary, will continue to remain in place.... But just in case, Mr. Condron has some microbes at the ready to help take the thing out....

10-foot sea level rise in NYC marked out on pavement

stbalbach — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:26:11 -0800

HighWater Line is a public art installation in New York City that will be a 70-mile chalk line marking the boundary of a 10-foot sea level rise. More pictures under Timeline.

Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming my frequency.

moonbird — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:39:49 -0800

Inversion [more pics] [text] "This house has many hearts."

Porcelain Shrine.

squalor — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:43:10 -0800

A Mountain of Broken Toilets (1250kb jpg). Brought to you by the relentless Recycle Guy (home of undiscovered literary gem The Brown Sheet. Previously

More interesting looking than the sum of its parts

Burhanistan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:43:22 -0800

STEAM. Australian artist Donna Marcus uses kitchenware to make geodesic spheres to be placed in conspicuous locations.

Forget the Tate...

goo — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:47:03 -0800

"Primetime Public Art". In 1995, Mel Chin's GALA Committee started using Melrose Place as an art gallery.

DIY fireflies

cali — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:06:40 -0800

LED Throwies (QT) A simple combination of lithium battery, diffused LED, strong magnet and a little tape. Developed by the Graffiti Research Lab division of the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab, full instructions are posted and take only a few minutes to follow.

Ladybird

cali — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:59:53 -0800

Ladybird (aka Helen Nodding). You might have already heard about her moss graffiti project, but she has other projects worth checking out. Interview here.

Yellow is the new black.

fatllama — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:28:59 -0800

No logos project. Delete!, fettered capitalism in Vienna.

Patrick Mimran

jeremy b — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:00:44 -0800

The Patrick Mimran Billboard Project, an eyesore to New York City inhabitants for the past few years, has imposed the French "artist's" lame, clichéd grievances about the art industry onto anyone driving or walking down W24th, 25th, or 26th Street in Chelsea. It's an infestation. Now, happily, some New Yorkers who have tired of M. Mimran's pretentious sloganeering have decided to fight back. Hurrah!