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Candy Chang is a public installation artist, designer, urban planner, and co-founder of Civic Center who likes to make cities more comfortable for people. Enjoy her work here.Before I Die… in NOLA
One month later and seven hours of stenciling today, and it’s up! With a lot of help and support from old and new friends, I turned the side of an abandoned house in my neighborhood into a giant chalkboard where residents can fill in the blank and remember what is important to them in life. It’s also about turning a neglected space into a constructive one where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us. It turns out this entire process has been a great lesson, experience, and project in itself – more on that later. If you’re in New Orleans, stop by the corner of Marigny and Burgundy (900 Marigny St) to add your thoughts to the wall and see what matters most to your neighbors. The responses and stories from passers-by while we were installing it have already hit me hard in the heart. More installations to come. Huge thanks to Kristina Kassem, Alan Williams, Cory Klemmer, Anamaria Vizcaino, James Reeves, Alex Vialou, and Gary Hustwit for installation assistance and many others for help and support along the way. More to come.
Update – Wow. Check out the wall of responses after one day!… Photo strip here!
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Lovely! It really made me think what I want to do before I die, and why I just don’t do it now! Time flies…
Another wonderful idea that makes us reflect on our lives, Thak you Candy!. I vote for the installation of something like this in Helsinki
Thank you for yet another reminder that before I die I want to MOVE TO NEW ORLEANS !
[...] Before I Die is a public installation by New Orleans artist Candy Chang that prompts passersby to complete the sentence “Before I die I want to…” using colored chalk. The installation was filled out in only a day and you can see sections of the completed work here. Erase. Repeat. Awesome. (via creative journal) You might also like… March 1, 2011 • street art • tweet this • share on facebook • stumble [...]
Hi,
I love this idea! I think it could really go far in the online world.
You should definitely create a web version of the Before I Die wall.
Good luck,
Josh
This is a really amazing idea and it made me smile
Hi, this idea is great! Bravo! Of course I tried to answer myself. It’s difficult to find only one idea but it questionned my essentiel goals and it’s always an interesting question… that birngs other question like : to live before I die, am I living? why not now? what am I waiting for?…
Thank you, Vanina
[...] installation by artist and urban planner Candy Chang is so creative and impossible not to love. Candy turned the side of an abandoned house in her New [...]
Amazing! So inspiring. Now I’m wondering what I want to do before I die.
[...] suo ultimo progettoa New Orleans, Before I Die I Want To, ha trasformato una casa abbandonata in una gigantesca lavagna, dove le persone hanno avuto la [...]
Great project! Krewe of Chewbacchus had to represent!
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Was that the right link? I think NOT!
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wow. wow. whoa.
youre newest project is so rad.
I think I passed the link on to everyone I know.
[...] Before I Die [...]
[...] neue Mitmach-Installation von Candy Chang (Vgl. auch hier): “I turned the side of an abandoned house in my neighborhood into a giant [...]
[...] basically does hip urban planning. They make cities fun to a be part of and live in, like with the “Before I die…” project in New Orleans — a rad piece of art that involves sprucing up a neighborhood and getting the [...]
Love what you’re doing! Hope it’s okay that I borrowed the pirate image (and gave credit) when I blogged about you and civic center!
keep being awesome, it’s inspiring!
-Mariam @ LFN
i loved this idea! hope you don’t mind but i would like to do this at my school and see what happens. It would be very fun thanks!
I think this should be done in every major city, would love to do it up in minneapolis if allowed
[...] I Die… von Clemens Poloczek | 03.03.2011 | Kunst Der Künstler und Designer Candy Chang hat die Außenwand eines verlassenen Hauses in New Orleans in eine Tafel verwandelt. Passanten [...]
[...] De ontwerpster Candy Chang heeft een muur van een verlaten huis in haar buurt in New Orleans zwart geverfd en er één gigantisch schoolbord van gemaakt. Iedereen die daar langsloopt kan één van hun wensen van hun “bucket list” met een krijtje op de muur schrijven of te wel iets wat ze nog willen doen voor ze sterven. Meer informatie over dit super leuke project kan je vinden op de website van Candy Chang candychang.com. [...]
[...] feedback was massive and the Before I die … in NORL chalkboard was completely filled out within 24 hours. Check out the wall of responses after one [...]
[...] se pueden lograr cosas mucho más nobles e inspiradoras.La instalación recibe por nombre Before I die y está ubicada en la ciudad de Nueva Orleans, Luisiana en los Estados Unidos. El objetivo [...]
[...] I saw Chang’s latest project, Before I Die in NOLA — another lovely participatory public art project. Perhaps not quite as transformative as I [...]
[...] e designer Candy Chang ha trasformato in una lavagna la parete esterna di una casa abbandonata a New Orleans . I passanti [...]
[...] Art of the Day: “Before I Die“: Candy Chang (previously) reclaims the side of an abandoned house on the corner of Marigny [...]
[...] explains: One month later and seven hours of stenciling today, and it’s up! With a lot of help and support [...]