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Urban Smart Projects - Paint a Box
I've painted a Traffic Signal Box, an initiative of Urban Smart Projects in collaboration with the Hobart City Council to counter vandalism. Each painted box must be positive and show 'community pride', with sympathy and meaning to the area where the Signal box is located, about something unique in or about Hobart (besides the mountain, bridge or Tassie Tigers) or a graphically strong abstract design.
Inspiration
When designing the box I was working on a stop-motion animation for Lynchpin. Lynchpin is a local NGO is developed "to support research into the significance of the oceans to life on the planet, and to encourage arts/ocean science conversations and collaborations that bring these stories to the wider community in new ways."
The project got me fascinated in this – for me – unknown world of marine life in Tasmania and its amazing Giant Kelp Forest. This could be a iconic Tasmanian topic for the box! But furthermore, since the Lynchpin project is about an art science dialogue, I thought this box could be a great opportunity to bring science issues to a larger audience. It is located near the busy CBD, so I hope many people will notice it! So I submitted my marine life design and after its approval I was ready to go.
More info:
www.urbansmartprojects.com
I've painted a Traffic Signal Box, an initiative of Urban Smart Projects in collaboration with the Hobart City Council to counter vandalism. Each painted box must be positive and show 'community pride', with sympathy and meaning to the area where the Signal box is located, about something unique in or about Hobart (besides the mountain, bridge or Tassie Tigers) or a graphically strong abstract design.
Inspiration
When designing the box I was working on a stop-motion animation for Lynchpin. Lynchpin is a local NGO is developed "to support research into the significance of the oceans to life on the planet, and to encourage arts/ocean science conversations and collaborations that bring these stories to the wider community in new ways."
The project got me fascinated in this – for me – unknown world of marine life in Tasmania and its amazing Giant Kelp Forest. This could be a iconic Tasmanian topic for the box! But furthermore, since the Lynchpin project is about an art science dialogue, I thought this box could be a great opportunity to bring science issues to a larger audience. It is located near the busy CBD, so I hope many people will notice it! So I submitted my marine life design and after its approval I was ready to go.
More info:
www.urbansmartprojects.com
More pictures of the box!