URBAN CURATORS PROJECT In Downtown Providence
by Adele Chong, 02/06/07
Participants from the Urban Curators project recently transformed derelict areas of downtown Providence into an outdoor gallery space when they took to the streets and indulged in a little impromptu ‘curating.’ Passing residents were pleasantly bewildered when they stumbled upon a series of gold-painted frames haphazardly taped to graffiti-covered walls and the crumbling exteriors of abandoned sites. The intention of the group, which initially assembled as a collective after participating in RISD’s Semiotic Disobedience workshop last fall, was to highlight the urban ‘beauty’ of locales that most would condemn as decrepit and unsightly.
Enthused by the reaction that the project has garnered by the public, Urban Curators are in the works with future initiatives in other cities where they will once again take up the opportunity to make a poetic statement by ‘framing’ the urban landscape.
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