Project Four: Art For Fun!

A four hour long Labor

During which I use Paint of both spray and Brushes to work upon the Pillars on Cornell Campus.

Using this public space as a Public art workshop, I facilitated a painting party for passerbys, watching as painting after painting was created, altered and covered. 

I wish my camera had lasted the entire time, Alas, The battery was drained at the half time mark, leaving so many pieces untapped. All that's left of those paintings, those sparks of Individual interest from the minds of my peers, Are the layers of paint now covered by other ads and declarations put on by the peers that come after.

the pillars are a special place in Cornell, They are known as the Kiosk, A location where any student in Cornell with paint and time may put up a work of art and advertisement. We generally keep each other's work sacred for 24 hours, before painting over and painting on, BUt often pillar wars happen, The Greek groups troll each-other during Pledging, for example.

another time a pillar war crops up is when dissenting ideas are thrown on the pillars, and folks react in many ways. color and markings covering the old ones, a dialog of refacing the pillars, a conversation where you build directly upon the last statement with your own, covering it up in the process. This pillar arguments can last days with five or so repaintings thrown up.

Instead of dissent, and arguments, I wanted to produce art from agreement, from expression and the knowledge that with in minutes your piece may be covered or converted. Many people joined me in this task, and latex and spray paint worked their magic as ideas intersected on three seven by two foot canvases.

FOLLOWING: Assorted images from after our camera ran out of Juice.