"The Birthday Project"
Houston people need to go to Traders' Village on Sunday the 18th and check this out:
Sheryl Oring is marking the President's 60th Birthday (July 6, 2006) with an interactive performance called "The Birthday Project." She will be setting up a portable "birthday party" in public spaces and inviting passers by to send George W. Bush a birthday wish. She will type their thoughts onto specially created birthday cards and then mail them to the President.
By presenting this work in public spaces, where she feels art is unexpected, she hopes to reach audiences that do not normally have an opportunity to interact with art or speak their mind.
artist's website: http://www.iwishtosay.com/index.php
This project will be presented in eight cities whose initials spell out "B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y":
Saturday, May 27:
Brooklyn, New York
Prospect Park Carousel
1 to 3pm
Sunday, June 4:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Circle City Flea Market
3825 S. East St.
10am to 2pm
Sunday, June 11:
Raleigh, North Carolina
Flea Market at the state fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Road
10am to 2pm
Thursday, June 15:
Tampa, Florida
Fun-Lan Swap Shop Flea Market
2302 E. Hillsborough Ave.
10am to 2pm
Sunday, June 18:
Houston, Texas
Traders Village Flea Market
7079 N. Eldridge Road
10am to 2pm
Thursday, June 22:
Des Moines, Iowa
Valley Junction Farmers Market
217 Fifth St., West Des Moines
4 to 8pm
Sunday, June 25:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Flea Market at the state fairgrounds
Louisiana & Central
10am to 2pm
Sunday, July 2:
Yosemite National Park
Location TBD
Sheryl Oring is marking the President's 60th Birthday (July 6, 2006) with an interactive performance called "The Birthday Project." She will be setting up a portable "birthday party" in public spaces and inviting passers by to send George W. Bush a birthday wish. She will type their thoughts onto specially created birthday cards and then mail them to the President.
By presenting this work in public spaces, where she feels art is unexpected, she hopes to reach audiences that do not normally have an opportunity to interact with art or speak their mind.
artist's website: http://www.iwishtosay.com/index.php
This project will be presented in eight cities whose initials spell out "B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y":
Saturday, May 27:
Brooklyn, New York
Prospect Park Carousel
1 to 3pm
Sunday, June 4:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Circle City Flea Market
3825 S. East St.
10am to 2pm
Sunday, June 11:
Raleigh, North Carolina
Flea Market at the state fairgrounds
1025 Blue Ridge Road
10am to 2pm
Thursday, June 15:
Tampa, Florida
Fun-Lan Swap Shop Flea Market
2302 E. Hillsborough Ave.
10am to 2pm
Sunday, June 18:
Houston, Texas
Traders Village Flea Market
7079 N. Eldridge Road
10am to 2pm
Thursday, June 22:
Des Moines, Iowa
Valley Junction Farmers Market
217 Fifth St., West Des Moines
4 to 8pm
Sunday, June 25:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Flea Market at the state fairgrounds
Louisiana & Central
10am to 2pm
Sunday, July 2:
Yosemite National Park
Location TBD