Click on any image for larger view.
Click on any image for larger view.
OK. I ADMIT IT! I AM IN LOVE WITH CANDY CHANG. I LOVE HER THINKING, HER CREATIVITY AND HER ART. You can love her too, and we'll have this gargantuan intellectual love fest with her. If you have never heard of Candy, let me introduce you.
Candy is a designer and artist who currently lives in Helsinki, where she develops strategic visions for Nokia. She has a background in architecture, graphic design and urban planning and combines these disciplines to make city information and communication tools more accessible and engaging. For such a young woman, her resume of accomplishments is impressive, to say the least.
Like this particular street art project Candy calls Sidewalk Psychiatry. Realizing that people walking along a city street are often engaged and immersed in their own thoughts about work issues, relationships, or last nights dinner, Candy set out with non-permanent chalk to prod people to focus on what may be bothering them. Her intent was that perhaps one of these questions would help someone find an answer, or seek professional help.
A former art director at The New York Times, she went on to work in Nairobi, New Orleans, Vancouver, Johannesburg, and New York City on collaborative community-based projects with residents, advocacy groups and local government.
Candy is a 2009 TEDGlobal Fellow and she received a 2008 Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant, among others. As if that is not enough, this amazing woman uses nerdy computer programs and vintage keyboards to make music. She released her record Typography in 2003. She has performed her music in NYC, Detroit and Grenoble.
Candy’s many projects are too numerous to mention, so you can learn more about Candy Chang on her Web site here.
And Candy, if you read this, contact me and I will work to find the funds to bring you to St. Louis, Missouri to give a talk. Our city is making some great strides in urban planning and we would welcome you here!
6 comments:
Hm..So I'm walking down the street having a great day and nothing is bothering me, then suddenly i see the words " Who's fault is that", or one of the other phrases....Now I'm being reminded of stuff i don't want to be reminded off and my day is slowly becoming a dark haze of bad memories............I'm sorry, but i don't like the concept behind this artwork...Im sure we don't need to be reminded of our misgivings everytime we take a trip to the shops.
Thanks for this intro John - I'll join you in your little love fest - she's uber talented.
i just love this! it makes a lot of sense...great text
there's one girl in my town,she made few stencils similar to this,my fave is:
'i'm ashamed so i am'!
an another
'my space is laying'
this one's are so powerful!
thanks for sharing
bi.
Talk about reading the writing on the proverbial wall!
Hi I am proud to announce that I am an official TMS provider! My NeurostarTMS machine was delivered the first week of November and I spent the better part of last week being trained on how to use it in real-life situations. From a professional standpoint it is awesome. For the standard psychiatry part of my practice, the most technically challenging aspect of the day is clicking the top of my pen so I can write prescriptions. Using TMS is a whole other world. For those who have little understanding of what TMS is (which I would guess is most of you since this is brand new technology), it involves stereotactically mapping out the part of the brain that sends signals to your right hand, and then using those coordinates to estimate the location of the prefrontal cortex that would be most likely to cause mood improvement if subjected to a series of magnetic pulses. The machine itself is amazingly awesome in how it is set up to make this doable. That fact that it works to help people who are suffering feel better? I cannot describe how that makes me feel.and enjoy a terrific medication Generic Viagra and enjoy more of ur sex life.
I have never seen this type of post by now. This is the first tine and that’s why i am commenting.
Tubal Reversals | Tubal Ligation reversal Surgery
Post a Comment