Maria Margarita Jimenez, "Adios Pues!" 2002
- Jimenez's project was based of the donation of her wardrobe to an art gallery, that gave her closure to exhibiting art: saying goodbye to all her precious, collected clothing as well as being her final participation in an art exhibition. Her selfless act, allowed underprivileged people to create and design pieces using a provided sewing machine as well as any materials they would need. I like this project most because I envision what I would make if I had the ability to design (for myself or people in need) using someone else's precious wardrobe that symbolizes a person's own archive, that defined her identity. Knowing that a woman donated all delicately chosen clothing she gathered throughout her life, makes the clothing pieces as valuable as irreplaceable herself.
Broken City Lab, "Cross-Border Communication", 2009
- Broken City Lab, designed a visual display of "direct and sincere" quotes as performative, public art piece. These images were displaced between Windsor and Detroit, two cities divided by a river. However, these messages were able to be seen across the water all the way from Detroit. This project in particular was interesting to me because it suggests the idea of balancing a relationship that maybe be considered long distance. Like these messages, communication does not mean you must be relatively close to a friend, neighbor or community to share thoughts and ideas. The groups focus is on dialogue and language.
The Canadian Centre for Architecture, "Actions: What Can You Do With the City", 2008 - 2009
- This large project is compiled of 99 action-based, smaller projects to persuade people to get active and involved with these unique activities, in order to develop a sense of communal participation. The activities were all proposals composed by artists, architects and designers, that took the typical idea of walking, jogging, biking, gardening, etc. and turned them into an innovative sort of engagement activity based off the original action. The suggested activities would all be implemented in a designated area, like an abandoned lot or unused parking lot space and turning it into a park or some sort to suggest engagement. This relates a lot to what we are working on now in class, by finding a vacant area and designing a public space the community could benefit from. I like that all the activities were quirky and fun both with color and idea and support of physical activity. I could definitely see something like this happening in Manhattan for a short period of time.
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