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| how to enjoy traffic cones |
| erik sanner |
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project description |
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i believe in collaboration, in unpredictability, in risk. my overarching goal as an artist is to expand our experience of visual art through collaboration and utilizing technology.
i believe that traffic cones are almost art. like paintings, their primary function is to be looked at. the goal of how to enjoy traffic cones is to encourage all of us to engage in the aesthetic practice of traffic cone viewing. i believe in imagination, in conversations between muses, in helping each other explore territory we never would have encountered without the influence of other creative minds. you are invited to figure out what sort of new media art we might want to make together, in collaboration. potential outcomes for this project could include: a map of cones in both time and space (for example, a google map has pins which show pictures of cones, and each location allows you to scroll forward and backward through time to see photographs of the same cones on separate occasions); cone tagging with rfid tags (so that their movements can be tracked); outdoor projection of video footage from traffic cone walking tours projected onto orange fabric or orange chalk; voting on a website for cones side-by-side (like "hot or not" but for cones) to help find the most spectacular traffic cones; a cone factory and modification workshop in second life. |
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production timeline and budget |
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regarding the timeline:
we will do as much as we can by the end of september 2009. we will share our work on the web and in the physical world by the end of september 2009. regarding the budget: 50% of the money will be used to hire programmers; 30% of the money will be used for artmaking and artsharing expenditures (e.g., server space, web hosting fees, equipment); 20% of the money will be allocated to me as an artist fee (not to exceed $25/hour). acknowledgement of other sources of funding: how to enjoy traffic cones has already received public funds from the manhattan community arts fund, supported by the new york city department of cultural affairs and administered by the lower manhattan cultural council. |
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resume |
| please click here to open a pdf of my resume: erik_sanner_resume_090409.pdf |
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work samples |
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please email me with "cones" as the subject line if you would like me to add your name and/or your ideas to this proposal. thank you.
- erik eriksanner@gmail.com |