Joan Vorderbruggen with the Minneapolis Before I Die wall.
Candy Chang sounds like a pretty awesome woman. Her resume is a little intimidating, but her projects are right up the alley I love. One of them recently made it’s way to Minneapolis. The Before I Die project started in Candy’s hometown of New Orleans, but has been turned into a toolkit so anyone can create a wall in their city. We recently got one here in Minneapolis as part of the Whittier Artists in Storefronts project, lead by local creative Joan Vorderbruggen.
I love this project because it’s simple, but asks an important question. It’s inviting, but profound. Chalk is also just a really fun medium, am I right? The toolkit also makes the project accessible (creatively) , but leaves me feeling a little conflicted about economic accessibility.
Responses to Before I Die in Brooklyn.
This project is so interesting to me. The responses are so diverse and the conversation seems to spill over into the community. I’m so excited to start volunteering with the Kansas City version. They’re addressing the toolkit issue by fundraising on Kickstarter so hopefully they get some support. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/70873494/before-i-diekansas-city?ref=city
Posted by Adrianne Russell | May 10, 2012, 3:04 am