Now that the pack is complete-- with brushes, dyes, chalks, stencils, and seed bombs-- it was time to use it! After all, you can only say so much about a project that can exist only in motion before it's been thrown into motion.
Katie and I braved the cold, rainy weather to plant seed bombs and make our art.
We relied mostly on the mud-mix, the moss-paint for most surfaces, and the turmeric mix and clay mix for darker, brick wall surfaces.
We used all the stencils and used our own hands to finger-paint primitive images of human hunters and animals.
We marked outside of the FAB, outside Parker, and made a mural on the walls by these stairs near the SUB that are pretty known for waves of random graffiti.
It was surprising that almost no one gave any indication of noticing what we were doing. Or even questioned the fact that we were in a way vandalizing... however temporarily.
The fire inspector however at least did a double take-- which was funny cuz he totally should recognize me and katie, as we both had our troubles with him this semester. (katie for having taxidermy stuff, me for the location of my entire studio space). But, Katie and I didn't want to reallyyy ask him his opinion so we scooted away before he could say anything.
Makes me wonder what people are thinking as they see these paintings. We're making an obvious reference to street graffiti and highlighting the parallel between the primitive and contemporary world. The idea was that we were making a sort of gentle reminder of our closeness to nature, even being in an urban setting.
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