Saturated green, orange, purple, yellow, blue and pink will radiate from
the posters, creating their own form of communication.
The viewer brings his or her own experiences and connotations to these
soothing yet provocative colored posters and is responsible for creating
his or her own message(s) perhaps asking the following questions: Why
are these posters empty of text? What are they trying to say? What
do the colors mean? These posters are simple, powerful and undeniably
beautiful.
This simple but powerful project, gives overstimulated eyes a break
from the chaos of the marketplace, encourages questioning and discussion
for the new millennium and brings attention to the Market Street corridor
as a gathering place for ideas as well as commerce. Responses:
These posters have spurred viewers to continue the collaboration by inserting
graffitti over the top of these "blank" canvases. One viewer was so inspired
he/she neatly wrote a poem that fit perfectly into the framework of the
piece.
poster titles: #100; #157; #230; #291; #374; #529 24 posters (4 of six
designs) were on view in the advertising kisosks on the pedestrian corrider
of Market Street from the Embarcadero to Van Ness from February - April
29, 1999
by Amy Berk + Andy Cox: a project of the San Francisco Art Commission's
Market Street Art in Transit Program |
