Series – Messages from the Underground :
The series began this year, 2013, walking around the city noticing new construction sites with wooden panels stenciled “Post no Bills.” Returning to these sites a few weeks later – “Post no Bills” were covered with movie posters, then writings, later postings, and finally works of art. As we live our virtual life through Facebook and Twitter, people still feel a need to physically communicate in the “real world.” What a perfect canvas these wooden “Post no Bills” provide and entice.
As an artist, I wanted to reinterpret and juxtapose these diverse elements and come up with new meanings or maybe the true meanings in a new way. I did this by editing what I saw and cropping the walls, poles, mailboxes, etc. that were scarred with these trespassers into smaller elements with my lens. I would then mix the elements, overlay them, and collage my findings.
I found these wall coverings to be a throwback to visions harkening to the City during the ‘70’s and 80’s when it was burning and graffiti had taken over. Urban renewal has replaced the burnt out buildings of the 70’s and 80’s yet the need to communicate in this physical and public way seems to be universal. Perhaps it goes back to the cave paintings from the ice age.
The series began this year, 2013, walking around the city noticing new construction sites with wooden panels stenciled “Post no Bills.” Returning to these sites a few weeks later – “Post no Bills” were covered with movie posters, then writings, later postings, and finally works of art. As we live our virtual life through Facebook and Twitter, people still feel a need to physically communicate in the “real world.” What a perfect canvas these wooden “Post no Bills” provide and entice.
As an artist, I wanted to reinterpret and juxtapose these diverse elements and come up with new meanings or maybe the true meanings in a new way. I did this by editing what I saw and cropping the walls, poles, mailboxes, etc. that were scarred with these trespassers into smaller elements with my lens. I would then mix the elements, overlay them, and collage my findings.
I found these wall coverings to be a throwback to visions harkening to the City during the ‘70’s and 80’s when it was burning and graffiti had taken over. Urban renewal has replaced the burnt out buildings of the 70’s and 80’s yet the need to communicate in this physical and public way seems to be universal. Perhaps it goes back to the cave paintings from the ice age.
