November 12, 2007
When Working With Drips.
During your participation in the ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE art installation,
if you decide to work with thinned-down oil-based paint, such as Junobo® mop
paint, then do NOT let your long, thin consistent drips go all the way down to the (white 4-inch tiles)
and then down to the concrete floor (platform) -- contrary to what this (excellently produced)
Junobo® demonstration video on YouTube says.
As an artist, you will naturally be thinking outside the box (and EXPLODING YOUR CREATIVITY in ways you had
never thought possible -- due to the sheer 'real reality Reality Show nature' that the ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE art installation
will provide to you), however, at all times, you will need to tag within the box AND EXPLICITLY ON the various
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE posters. To do otherwise would be
to intentionally act outside the spirit of the installation. Simply have your assistant
at-the-ready with a rag-cloth to stop the drips just before they travel off the bottom of the poster.
Advertising slots shown sans posters.
How to use Junobo® mop paint
Advertising slots shown sans posters.
DISCLAIMER: NYC ART STAR does not challenge nor threaten the authority of any legitimate government.
The information on this website is provided in accordance with the right to free speech. It does not constitute
"street art" legal advice. Anyone seeking such advice should consult a competent professional. READERS AND USERS OF THIS
WEBSITE ARE PARTICULARLY URGED TO OBEY ALL LAWS IN THE UNIVERSE!
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
November 4, 2007
CASH IN ON PASSION... just officially not yet.
Don't worry Tommy, there are other enablers out there. Plus, Sharpie might come around after all!
---------- Original Message --------
From: consumer dot service at sanfordcorp dot com
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 11:00:18 -0400
Subject: xxxxxxxxxx, reply from Sanford, Paper Mate, Sharpie, uni-ball, Eldon Office Solutions or Foohy.com web-site.
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to send us your message and glad to hear you are so passionate about
Sharpie. Unfortunately at this time, street art does not fit into Sharpie's strategic marketing
plan, but we appreciate your interest and effort in contacting the company with your unique
marketing idea.
Thanks again.
Sanford Consumer Affairs
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
June 20, 2007
Shannon Sutherland - The Fashionista Comedian Not To Miss.
Comedian and Fashionista
Shannon Sutherland
(MySpace,
Fashioniser)
is holding a one-of-a-kind event that combines fashion and laughter. Titled The Shannon Sutherland Show,
it will be held on July 14th at 6pm at the Broadway Comedy Club.
Comedians Aaron Haber
(MySpace,
YouTube),
Maggie Faris, Erik Rivera, and Adam Sank will be performing.
The fashion
quest of the evening is Lois Eastlund who will be showing key
pieces from her spring collection.
Discounted tickets can be bought online for
$10 or at the door for $15. There is also a two-drink minimum.
Where? The Broadway Comedy Club
314 W 53rd Street (between 8th and 9th)
$10 cover if bought online or $15 cover at door plus a two-drink minimum
To grab tickets, visit http://www.theworldnyc.com/shannon.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
June 2, 2007
NYC Art Star exhibit, Saturday, June 9th.
On June 9th, as part of the
Uptown Arts Stroll,
NYC Art Star will be exhibiting some of his ARCHETYPE
IN A BOTTLE posters for YOU to mark up
using the permanent markers and paint markers of choice: Sharpie® brand.
This exhibit is a promo for NYC Art Star's proposed
Art Installation inside the 190th Street
A-train Subway Station.
Location:
The entrance to Ft Tryon Park (known as Margaret Corbin Circle) next to the Ft Washington Ave
190th Street A-Train entrance. Click here for map.
Date/Time:
Saturday, June 9th.
Noon - 5PM.
What if it is raining?
If it is raining, then NYC Art Star will set up in the vestibule of the Ft Washington Ave elevator
entrance of the 190th Street A-Train. Click here for map.
Potential Subway Service Advisory
Maintenance may or may not be performed on the A-line that weekend -- making 168th street the last
A-train stop with transfer to shuttle bus to continue the journey uptown. However, both entrances
to the 190 A-train station will be open and accessible -- which provides access between
Bennet Ave and Broadway
and Ft Washington Ave (just access to the train
platforms will closed). The uptown shuttle bus will
probably travel on Broadway "making all subway station stops" -- if this is the case.
A-train subway service listings are here:
http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvna.htm
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
May 15, 2007
The City's Hottest Event Space?
Try 7 World Trade Center.
Click here for highlights of John Galliano's Cruise 2008 collection
for Christian Dior -- which took place at 7WTC
yesterday evening.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
May 11, 2007
THE WORLD RUNS ON COLOR.
And there you are in the midst of it all... The concrete trembles and the
subway car called ART and the subway car called ARCHITECTURE and the subway
car called FASHION and the subway car called MUSIC break through and you grab
them and you SMASH THEM TOGETHER!
The sparks fly and
a PUDDLE OF MOLTEN GOLD
forms around your feet and you bask in the AFTER GLOW BURNER OF THE DANCE OF
THE FIRE FLIES. Suddenly, the UNIVERSES OF ENORMOUS SPACES hear YOUR call and
like dutiful man servants respond to fulfill your DEEPEST DESIRES -- in ways
you had never thought possible. YOU feel the CHILDHOOD GLORY AND COLOR of your
youth surge inside of you and you project that out to the stars with a FORCE
greater than THE ONE THOUSANDS SUNS OF ORION. You look around and a million
ideas are now popping into your head for YOUR NEXT BIG PROJECT. A wisp of
PINK AND ORANGE lingers in the 8th Ave IND tunnels as VENUS ON THE HALF SHELL
twinkles down upon the tracks and whispers into your ear with a smile,
"THE WORLD RUNS ON COLOR."
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 29, 2007
Releasing the Technorati Spiders.
I am Releasing the Technorati Spiders on NYCARTSTAR.com.
OK, I put this: "Technorati Profile" here
and then I click on the "Release the Spiders" button from within my Technorati profile.
There is no reason why, when someone types in Sharpie into google, that the
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE art installation
should not appear on the first page of results.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 28, 2007
The Public Defacement Experiment.
One of the many great proposals from the very prolific artist
Jason Robert Bell,
and the proposal which resonates with NYC ART STAR's
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE installation the most.
"Proposal - To have full-color posters made of my face mass-produced and posted around
the city of New York. The posters will be the same size as the advertising posters that
are plastered around the city and in the subway. My hope is that, once posted, the posters
will be subjected to defacement and graffiti. After a few weeks I will photo-document
the posters in their new form."
Read more...
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 27, 2007
Station Domination.
In the ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE art installation,
one of the themes at play is
"station domination."
There is a captive audience here, waiting for the subway
train, and this art installation dominates you by blanketing every available
Ad Slot with
an ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE poster.
If you are marketer who wishes to do a "station domination" within a New York City Subway Station, then talk to
a sales
executive at CBS Outdoor.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 26, 2007
Sharpie® Tatt.
Open Bear, Pull out Sharpie, Draw, Rinse, Repeat. ...And mix in a little
Foo Fighters.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 17, 2007
"TAKE THE BRIDGE" -- a film by Sergio Castilla.
Unfolding just 15 blocks away from
the 190th Street A-train Subway Station,
"Take the Bridge," (view trailer), is the
story of four young people set in and around the beautiful George Washington Bridge (and 175th Street A-Train
Subway Station and Bus Terminal), in contemporary Washington Heights, New York City --
a Latino neighborhood in the northern tip of Manhattan, that can be cold and violent, and at the same
time warm, welcoming, vibrant -- and full of life. It is just twenty minutes North from Times Square
and you'd think you're in Latin America.
The four meet after their failed suicide attempts land each of them in the hospital on the
same day. United by circumstance, they may yet discover a reason to live. They become, if tentatively,
friends, and together they begin planning a trip "all the way West
and all the way South" that will take them to Tierra del Fuego, South America, far from their
surroundings and the past.
In order to leave the city, the four friends have only one option: to cross the George Washington
Bridge -- the only bridge in Manhattan that doesn't lead to another borough. The George
Washington Bridge, in this sense, is the bridge that will take them "out of here," to the
real Americas, first North and then South, away from the cramped, northern edge of Manhattan
that feels so suffocating to them.
This fresh, original take on city life pays tribute to the vitality and energy of the Dominican community in Washington
Heights. In English, Spanish, and Spanglish.
Screenings:
Tribeca Film Festival screenings of "Take the Bridge"
(purchase tix online here):
Fri, Apr 27, 8:00pm, AMC Village VII
66 Third Avenue (at 11th Street) New York, NY 10003, Tel. (212) 982-2116
Sat, Apr 28, 10:30pm, AMC Kips Bay 15
570 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016, Tel. (212) 447-0638
Fri, May 4, 8:30pm, Pace Schimmel Center for the Arts
1 Pace Plaza (on Spruce Street between
Park Row/Nassau and Gold Street) New York, NY 10038, Tel. (212) 346-1715
Sat, May 5, 7:00pm, Regal Cinemas Battery Park
102 N End Ave (near Vesey St), New York, NY 10282, Tel, (212) 945-3418
The Subject/Back Story:
A Chilean who himself lived in exile in European cities and in NYC following Pinochet's
1973 coup, Castilla knowingly portrays the challenges faced by young people living
in the limbo of an adopted country and culture. Here, the focus is on the rootless,
hardscrabble working-class lives that many in the Washington Heights neighborhood must
live. Our window to this life is the story of four youngsters whose lives we enter
immediately following their failed suicide attempts and release from the hospital.
Castilla's own father had committed suicide when the film maker was only two and a half,
but the nature of his father's death had been withheld until Castilla was seventeen, about
the same age as the young people depicted in the movie. Having lost more than two years of
his life just trying to cope with learning the nature of his fathers' death, Castilla had
long considered making a film about suicide. Aware of the high rate of suicide among
Hispanic youth, Castilla wanted to set the movie in a Hispanic community.
The Setting/The Neighborhood:
Most NY movies today depict a very general NYC. More than anything, the city is used
like a backdrop and not an integral part of the story. Often, filmmakers shoot
Toronto for New York. Although just 20 minutes away from Times Square, the
uptown neighborhood of Washington Heights gives you the feeling of being in
another country -- one that has seldom been seen.
Setting the movie there provided Castilla the Hispanic setting he required and
allowed him to show the seldom-portrayed Dominican community. Washington Heights has the mix
of the Anglo and the Hispanic cultures, the Dominican vitality, the Washington
Heights accent, the combination of dance, mangoes, humor, violence, loneliness,
warmth, all under the shadow of the 175th Street Bus Terminal (situated on top
of the 175th Street A-Train Subway Station) and the George Washington Bridge
(all situated just 15 blocks from
the 190th Street A-train Subway Station).
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 13, 2007
Exploding Pink & Orange.
A foto essay at the
190th Street A-train Subway Station.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 9, 2007
Sharpie® Madness.
Meet Abigal and Lori, two innocent girls attending a local art school. Today, Abigail and Lori are
shopping for supplies. Little do they know what they're really shopping for is a one way ticket
to MADNESS.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
April 5, 2007
Creating Sharpie® Buzz, Part 1.
If you log into YouTube and search for
terrell owens sharpie
you get no hits.
So, to widen my search, I go to Google. I am searching for the actual re-play clip of Terrell scoring a
touchdown and then pulling a Sharpie
out of his sock where he then autographs the pig skin and then hands it so someone. It then
inspired Sharpie to a create and air a
TV commercial
inspired by the incident.
And then there is the print ad (created by McCann-Erickson)
which appeared around the same time as the TV commercial
-- in USA Today on Dec 24th, 2002. See the press release of the print ad
here.
I am now PROJECTING OUT, WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE, the quotes in the press release of the print ad
AS IF THEY ARE NOW MY OWN:
"My now-famous art installation
at the 190th Street A-train Subway Station gave Sharpie a lot of attention this year, and I'm glad
we're able to come together to help
an important cause*... so I'm grateful to Sharpie for its generosity," said Tom McAlister / NYC ART STAR.
[*Note: "an important cause" is a charity that Sharpie announces it is donating to -- as part of this
press release regarding the print ad and the debut of a new color of Sharpie brand permanent marker].
"The Sharpie marker is a perfect
gift for NYC ART STAR and
anyone who wants to leave a distinct mark on any surface,"
said Mr. X, [enter his title here]
for Sharpie. "We recognize all of the visibility NYC ART STAR has brought Sharpie recently,
and this holiday season we're thrilled to team up and give back to the community through a donation
to the [enter charity here]."
For a peak into some work that McCann-Erickson is doing for the US Military, visit this link:
http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3149 (copy & paste it
into your browser)... but I digress.
Until next time my friends, I leave you now with
Sharpie Nation.
I still haven't found the actual re-play clip yet, BUT IT IS THE STORY SURROUNDING IT
THAT COUNTS.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
March 29, 2007
190th A-Train Subway Station -- Poster Samples -- Marked Up.
What do you do with
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR three-foot by four-foot black holes in a
certain northern Manhattan subway station?
You fill them up with unique, yet similar,
minimalist art posters ...THAT reflect
the live energy and power of the NYC subway car that New Yorkers rely on daily,
...THAT create a buzz in the NYC and
GLOBAL Urban Art Scene, ...THAT puts the
Burgeoning Washington Heights Arts Scene
on the map once and for all, ...THAT takes
not-selling-out and selling-out and
the FAME GAME to the
NEXT LEVEL.
Then, YOU sit back and watch the viewers run amok
...or better yet, YOU fully plunge-in with them
and EXPLODE YOUR CREATIVITY -- using the permanent markers and paint markers of choice:
Sharpie® brand.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
March 23, 2007
Subway Fish.
42nd Street Uptown A-train Platform. Near the head of the train, by the second or third car.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
March 15, 2007
Iqons.com - A MySpace for Fashionistas in the Industry.
This networking site for fashionistas
is off to a really good start, and IMO, has lots of potential --
and, its very easy to navigate.
Also be sure to check out their "You Wear it Well/Got a Minute?"
video competition. Deadline is March 30th.
THE FEELING OF IT HAPPENING.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
March 5, 2007
Subway-Stickman: The New Subway Graffiti Art Movement?
Who would have thunk it?!
Brilliant!
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
March 3, 2007
LA Subway Art.
Here's a peek at some
LA Subway Art.
An enterpenuer friend of mine from the west coast and I were discussing the NYC-based
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE Subway Art Installation
and he said to definitely checkout
the art in the LA subways. And I blurted out, bubbling over,
"Wow! LA has a subway system?!"
If you google for "LA subway art" or
"LA subway map", you do not get many hits.
If you google for "LA subway advertising" you get zero hits (googling for LA +"subway advertising" yields
better results). Why am I mixing
advertising and art in this dicussion? See this
post.
LA to NYC by car in four minutes.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
February 25, 2007
Elevator Pitch, ver. 1, for the ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE Art Installation.
Install art posters
into the
under-utilized advertising receptacles
of a subway station
in northern Manhattan- the 190th Street A-train Subway Station.
And, this art installation, in addition to being a buzz in and of itself,
would simultaneously double as a
highly effective advertising campaign
for Sharpie® brand permanent markers. To maintain the high impact of the advertising campaign
and the Art Installation itself, the
Sharpie® logo will NOT appear on the posters. Everytime
the Art Installation is mentioned in the text, audio, and video posts of cyber space, Sharpie® brand permanent
markers will be talked about. The viewers of the art posters will be given the opportunity
to mark-up the posters using Sharpie® brand permanent markers.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
February 17, 2007
Whether you like the Art Installation or not, it's not the point.
The following sound-bites fit very nicely into one of the many stories being created for
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE - An Art Installation inside
the 190th Street A-train Subway Station.
~~~
The T-Bird: So, how you feel about all this?
Man on the street: I think it's good. Anytime people are being creative it's a good thing.
And, you know, whether you like the art, the specific art or not, it's not the point.
The point is that people are being creative and it's nice to know that they are being creative
together, in a community.
From the The T-Bird's video report on the
Wooster on Spring event entitled
"Street Art: What's Up With It?"
~~~
Snippets from a 30-minute video on
The Gates produced by NYC TV
and aired on Manhattan Neighborhood Network:
Whether you like The Gates or not... if you really believe... you can acheive anything...
If your belief in it...
You become part of the piece...
See so many people together smiling...
Bringing together people from all over the world...
An economic boon to all five burroughs...
Once in a lifetime and once upon a time...
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
February 16, 2007
Garden in Transit - a once in a lifetime event.
In the Mayor Bloomberg announcement of Taxi-07,
it is mentioned that the Garden in Transit art
installation (to be held from September through November 2007)
will do for taxi-cab yellow what The Gates
art installation (held in February 2005) did for saffron. You can hear the
full 15-minute press release here.
Like ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE,
Wooster on Spring,
and The Gates, the Garden in Transit art installation is being billed
as "a once in a lifetime event".
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
February 12, 2007
Clean Flag Decals.
"Detail of A-train car,
190th Street Station, Manhattan, 2006.
After September 11,
flag decals like this
were placed on all subway cars and buses. One janitor at the
Middle Village
station in Queens said his
supervisor told the cleaning crew that 'he didn't care if the inside of the train was clean; he wanted
the flag [decals] clean.'"
Excerpt from the book
Subway Memories by
Camilo Jose Vergara.
###
~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
February 10, 2007
Jessica Stam - the hardest working model on the New York City runways.
NYC ART STAR is billing Jessica Stam as "the hardest working model on the New York City runways."
Why?
Simply put, because Jessica Stam deserves this title. She walks an amazing number of shows
each season and it is always a pleasure to her see gracing the runways.
Jessica is a professional
through and through.
We're sure that her fans (here,
here,
and here) would agree.
Jessica Stam (as "first face"),
with male model, seen here opening Michael Kors at Mecedes-Benz Fashion Week, F/W '07-'08,
NYC, Feb 2007. A very powerful opening! (Video Highlight
here).
Next stop for the Jessica? No doubt
Paris Women's.
Jessica would be the ideal model for the
ear-plug foto shoot on the
downtown platform of the
190th Street A-train Station. Which
designer clothes should she wear for the shoot?!
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 31, 2007
New archetype added:
Placed here.
RADIATE
YOUR
DESIRES
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 30, 2007
Viewers become art-making participants in Promotion of an Art Installation, Feb 3rd.
NYC ART STAR will be promoting his
Subway Station Art Installation
during a Group Art Exhibition* at Culturarte in
Washington Heights this coming Saturday evening, February 3rd. See attached
flyer for details.
* - No cover charge but a small donation is requested. This event has been
organized by the Washington Heights Community Art Project (WHCAP)
in cooperation with Culturarte. All
proceeds will go towards funding an interactive multimedia art collaboration
to be organized by WHCAP and to be held in June of this year in conjunction with the
Washington Heights
Uptown Arts Stroll.
H'orderves and soda and water will be offered at very nominal
prices. A raffle will be held for your chance to win a piece of art on display -- with these
proceeds also going towards funding the collaboration mentioned above. Artists will have their works on sale.
At this venue, there will be three rooms: A room for paintings and fotos and sculptures and various live performances,
a room for art activities, and a room for video and image and sound projections.
NYC ART STAR will have full-scale mock-ups
of his posters on-hand in the activity room.
It would be your job to mark them up
with ART using Sharpie brand
permanent markers and paint markers provided to you!
Hope to see you there!
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 28, 2007
Art Installation or Fodder for an Out-of-home Advertising Campaign?
Let it be both and thus infinitely more.
An Art Installation which leverages the power
of an Out-of-home (OOH)
Advertising Agency's relationship with MTA / New York City Transit.
Think about it. As an artist, given the task of implementing this
project in a subway station,
who would you rather deal with?
(1) An out-of-home
advertising agency acting as the go-between
between you and the MTA's "Real Estate Department / Advertising & Telecommunications" and
between you and Sharpie's brand manager (and/or Sharpie's ad agency).
Or, (2)
would you rather deal directly with Art Grant-Making Foundations/Agencies and
the MTA's "Arts for Transit" adminstrator and Sharpie's brand manager (and/or Sharpie's ad agency)?
In the former scenario, NYC ART STAR is "deemed" the content creator
for Sharpie, and, both Sharpie and the OOH Ad Agency acknowledge NYC ART STAR's
"full autonomy"
over the content of the "ads" (see also this
and this).
The upshot here is that the Sharpie logo does not even end up appearing on the
poster "place mats".
Here's the vision:
Its all about, on the one hand, the autonomous FIFTH COLUMN observers - those advertising and marketing and
"urban art" (aka "street art") bloggers choosing to create photos and video and
interviews and other word-conent on their blogs
which comment on the Art Installation and mention that the Permanent
Marker of choice -- for marking up the poster "place mats" at the 190th Street A-train
Subway Station -- is the Sharpie brand marker (blog reporters naturally want to get all the
facts and details correct and then present these correct facts
and details to their loyal readers in the fun/witty way that is their unique style --
and which is, in large part, what keeps their loyal readers coming back for more).
Loyal readers form the SIXTH COLUMN
Its all about having this 3-week campaign promoted serendipitously by said bloggers
and further commented on by said loyal readers... "How Sharpie is behind the deal...",
"The disclosure of all the particulars behind how the big OOH contenders,
Titan Worldwide (gotta luv/hate the music
on their wesite),
CEMUSA,
Van Wagner,
and Art Kraft Strauss,
each wooed NYC ART STAR in their shot at trying to 'win the business'...", "The OOH ad agency that
NYC ART STAR finally choose and why",
"What's Bloomberg's comment?", "How the MTA is very excited by the revenue
stream being created...", "Wasn't that foto (and video) 'ban' in NYC subways officially, albeit quietly, 'recinded'
a while back? (bloggers who track such issues will know!)",
"The pulse on how vaious urban artists and
marketing/advertising consultants are
debating what NYC ART STAR has created...", "The Burgeoning Washington Heights Arts Scene?"...
Marking up the posters with Sharpie brand markers is going to be talked about by certain bloggers and their loyal readers.
There is NO
need to have the Sharpie logo on the posters -- when you have strong "word of mouth", right?
(BTW, If Sharpie does not want to be a part of this venture,
then maybe Bic or
Marks-a-Lot or some other permanent
marker competitor to Sharpie will want to be).
Six groups (NYC ART STAR, an OOH Ad Agency, Sharpie, MTA, and certain Bloggers and their Loyal Readers) creating an
unprecendented synergy by each maintaining steadfastly true to their
individual / autonomous agendas.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 20, 2007
1st Uptown Arts Stroll Planning Meeting to be held February 1st.
The Uptown Arts Stroll will
return in June with a kickoff event on Dyckman Street in May,
similar to last year’s
Bridge/Puente project.
Planning for this event is now underway.
When: Thursday, Feb. 1, 6:55 - 9 PM
Where: Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church,
178 Bennett Ave. @ W. 190th St.
For google maps, use:
178 Bennett Ave, New York, NY 10040
Via subway: Take the A-train to the 190th St Station
and proceed to the Bennett Ave exit. Upon exiting, make a right and walk a few
blocks down Bennett Ave. The Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church will be on your right hand side.
Topics to be discuss:
- Scheduling.
- Special Stroll projects that folks are working on.
NYC ART STAR is currently scheduled for 7:45PM to present a brief
overview of ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE
- An Art Installation inside the 190th Street A-train Subway Station
- Design contest for this Art Stroll's promotional poster.
- Progress on the Hispanic Federation-led creation of a new
umbrella arts organization for
the Washington Heights/Inwood community.
- Survey of arts resources and needs.
- New ideas that are brought to the table.
About The Uptown Arts Stroll: Now in its fifth year, the Uptown Arts Stroll is a 3-week long visual and performing
arts festival held in June in Washington Heights/Inwood.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 19, 2007
Javier Mota's "The State I'm In" photgraphy project.
Javier Mota's "The State I'm In" photgraphy project
is off to a great start.
On December 12th, I was able to catch Javier's
promotional event
at "It's A Dominican Thing" restaurant which was orchestrated by
Sound of Art.
Four fotos (all of which were staged in Washington Heights), out of an upcoming 120 fotos, were shown
at the event. The look and feel of these fotos for me were aesthetically very strong, telling
story of everyday city scapes in "disaster mode".
The backdrop in the following foto is the very long pedestrian passage way which leads east from 191st Street and Broadway
to the 1-train's 191st Street Entrance.
And, the backdrop in
this foto,
is of the A-train's 190th Street Station's
Bennett Avenue Entrance - which is
also a backdrop in the "ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE
- An Art Installation inside the 190th Street A-train Subway Station" project.
###
~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 12, 2007
A comparison of the art installations of NYC ART STAR and Christo & Jeane-Claude.
To learn more about NYC ART STAR's art installation currently in-progress
click here.
To learn more about Christo & Jeane-Claude's art installations currently in-progress
click here
and click here.
A Christo & Jeane-Claude favorite of NYC ART STAR's is
The Gates.
| Feature |
NYC ART STAR |
Christo & JC |
| All income from the sale of Preperation Drawings of ALL art installations [less living expenses] is spent for
the preparation, realization, and removal of the art installations: Materials, Labor, Shipping,
Insurance, Engineering, Staff, Rentals, Legal, etc. |
Yes |
Yes |
| Gross annual sales of Preperation Drawings for calendar year 2006. |
$0 |
$[?] |
| Gross annual sales of Preperation Drawings from Jan 1, 2007 to Jan 12, 2007. |
$0 |
$[?] |
| Number of art installation projects currently in-progress? |
1 |
2 |
| Number of art installation projects completed? |
0 |
18 |
| Number of art installation projects not completed (failed)? |
0 |
37 |
| Earns money through the sale of large photos of the completed art installations? |
Yes |
No |
| Earns money through the sale of large posters of the Preparatory Works/Drawings? |
Yes |
No |
| Earns money through the sale of films and videos which document the completed art installations? |
Yes |
No |
| Accepts sponsors and uses that money to fund the art installations? |
Yes |
No |
| Accepts grant or foundation money and uses that money to fund the art installations? |
Yes |
No |
| Accepts licensing deals and uses that money to fund the art installations? |
Yes |
No |
| Receives royalties on the sale of T-shirts, postcards, posters, and photographs pertaining to your art
installation? |
Yes |
No |
| Receives royalties on the sale books and films pertaining to your art
installation? |
Yes |
No |
| Would you say that a person in the presence of one of your art installations will have his reality rocked? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Would you say that a person in the presence of one of your art installations will feel magical? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Would you say that a person in the presence of one of your art installations -- who then returns to the location
years after every physical trace has been removed and the materials recycled, will still be able to see and feel
the art installation in their minds when they return? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Would you say that the temporary quality of your art installations is an AESTHETIC decision? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Do you work with hundreds, sometimes thousands of people at the site of one of your art installations? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Does everyone who works on an art installation get paid? (Note: Normal union wages for specialized
professional workers, and just above minimum wage for non-skilled workers) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Are you a conceptual artist/Are you conceptual artists? |
No |
No |
| Are you an environmental artist/Are you environmental artists? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Would you say that labels are important, but mostly for bottles of wine? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Are you available for speaking engagements to discuss your art installations? |
Yes |
Yes |
| For each art installation that you do, do you obtain the express permission
from the local authorities in the form of approved permits? |
Yes |
Yes |
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 6, 2007
The "Tragedy of the Commons" principle behind the Visual Riot.
The ecomonic/social principle known as the "Tragedy of the Commons" applies to
"ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE - An Art Installation inside the 190th Street A-train Subway Station"
(complete plans here).
First, as way of a backgrounder, read this
post
by BlueJake to understand The Why behind the resulting visual riot on the exterior walls
of the Candle Building (at 11 Spring) in the after of the
Wooster on Spring
urban art event that took place there on a weekend in December 2006.
There is a parallel.
The ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE installation encourages all and sundry to mark up
the 184 posters
as they see fit - as in 24x7 for three weeks. Like the resulting visual riot on the exterior of 11 Spring,
visual riots will certainly ensue during ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE.
So in lieu of this, throughout the duration of the ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE installation, marked up posters will be taken down,
and, in their place, "fresh" unmarked posters will be wheatpasted up.
This will create some new positions on the Installation Operations Team: Atleast 2 to 4 people will be on hand, 24x7, to perform
'poster maintenance'.
Create and destroy. Create and destroy. Create and destroy. Your power to create and destroy is infinite.
Since taking fotos and making video clips of the art work will be permitted,
many of various creations
which will appear over time will be captured.
Note: Since the plans for ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE still call out for
Wheat Paste Alley to be a free-for-all space,
the "Tragedy of the Commons" principle is currently still the dominant force
operating there -- at the moment.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 5, 2007
The bringing together of 'legal urban art'
and the 'potential for illegal grafitti' -- in a Subway Station.
The plans for the
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE installation encourages all and sundry to mark up
the 184 posters
as they see fit - as in 24x7 for three weeks.
However, do not get caught marking up
the white 4-inch tiles present everywhere around the "poster boxes". You be fined and/or arrested.
In Venice,
you'll be fined
if you are caught feeding the pigeons outside of certain sanctioned areas
-- such as Piazza San Marco.
This will create some new positions on the Installation Operations Team: At any one time, anywhere from
8 to 16 NYC police officers (mostly
from the 34th Precint) will be
on duty 24x7 montoring individuals
for any intentional acts of 'grafitti vandalism' (i.e. maliciously coloring out side the 184 33"x46" boxes).
Quoting BlueJake in a somewhat out-of-context fashion,
"I am always suspicious of
"legal" graffiti spots -- it seems like illegality
is an important part of the art of graf".
The ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE installation
brings together the "tension" of both worlds.
Which brings up another issue: Applying spray paint to the posters will most likely
not be permitted as there is most likely inadequate ventilation in this subway station.
But maybe markering up the postes using airbrushes will be OK. Marking up the posts with Sharpie brand markers
is, of course,
definitely sanctioned.
Those who prefer canvases much larger than 33"x46" are encouraged to put up their pieces in
Wheat Paste Alley -- where the canvas is 100 yards
long. However, beware of the "Tragedy of the
Commons" principle currently operating there.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
January 4, 2007
Moving 'Flag' decals of the 7-Train.
In this
video clip posted on YouTube, checkout the moving
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE 'Flag' decals of the 7-Train,
before catching a view of the
legal graffiti spot known as Five-points
-- located in Long Island
City Queens -- next to MOMA's P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 28, 2006
Meeting Alfredo Martinez at 75 Greene St via Kostabi World.
I had the day off today from my "day job" and woke up with a jolt of energy at 11AM when I realized that
today is Friday and Friday is a day that Mark Kostabi might just be taping an episode of
NameThatPainting.
The last time I saw an episode live was about one year ago.
So, I headed down to Mark's studio in SoHo but it turned out that his studio was closed.
I then rounded the corner onto Greene street to head back up to Spring street. I was undecided if I would
walk back west to the C/E train or east to checkup up on
11 Spring St - post event.
As I am walking up Greene street, I learned, shortly afterwards, while still on Greene street,
that I had just walked pass this building
without noticing it. That was the foto that I took "almost a year ago" about 30 minutes
before attending my first live episode of Mark Kostabi's NameThatPainting.
While mid-way on Greene St (btwn Broome and Spring), I stumbled upon
the 75 Greene street building
(which I immediately
associated with the feel of 11 Spring street building) - though
having not recalled it in my
past walks through SoHo. There, two women were taking fotos of each other in front of the building.
I watched for about a minute from a distance -- one of the women was wearing a beautiful red coat
and the building went well
as a backdrop -- as she posed with a big smile -- leaning forward Marilyn Monroe style.
The feel of the building was like a magnet to me. To my complete surprise, someone exited the building
as one of the ladies was fotographing the other. Wow!? Are there artists in there making art?!
I chatted briefly with the two ladies and one of them was really into the feel of the art on the facade.
I asked if they had attended the 11 Spring street event a few
weeks back and then
I quickly realized that they were out-of-towners and hadn't attended. Just then, another artist walked out
and I smiled and I asked him if "we" could take a look inside. He effectively said "no" but we were welcome
to attend the New Year's
Eve party that they were having ($21 entry fee).
Then, out walked Alfredo Martinez and sat down. I had no clue who he was until after I googled
him back in my apartment (see
here,
here,
here,
here,
here,
here, and
here).
I asked Alfredo if he saw the event at 11 Spring and he said "no" -- that he was busy doing his own stuff.
The ladies then left shortly there after (I tipped them off about
WoosterCollective.com). A man stopped by with a NYT in his hands
and then ask Alfredo if
Jerry [Foust]
was inside (more on JF
here).
Alfredo asked the man about Somalia and if he could
borrow his copy of the NYT -- which the man then gave to Alfredo and then the man proceeded
to let himself inside -- after the two had made some pleasent chat.
I mentioned that I never noticed this building before and as I said that, I was looking
towards Broome, and just then I noticed my
"UFO Flag" (I knew then
when I saw it a year ago that it would make it into my
project as one of the
Archetypes).
I then introduced myself to Alfredo and Alfredo introduced himself to me. Alfredo asked me about
what type of art I do and I
briefly explained my
"Art Installation Inside the 190th
Street A-train Subway Station" project.
He then commented to me something like "it is better to do and then ask for forgiveness, then to first ask for
permission". In response, I told him that I wish to get funding and have others create the posters,
and that I was just the concept man (I should have said 'the instigator').
He mentioned the plastic
self-adhesive paper that is now used for the advertising posters (which are posted on the subway platform walls)
and in return I mentioned that I too had noticed the change to that type of paper and that I perferred paper
with a mat finish and traditional weate paste as the glue. He responded something like that [back in the day] he
saw a [poster size (?)] Keith Harring drawing on a subway platform wall
and wanted
to take it but the person that
he was with said no.
When I asked Alfredo if he would give me a quick tour of the building, he said effectively "no."
When I ask Alfredo what type of [art] work he did, he answered by saying to google his name and
that I would find out. He also mentioned that this place is known as the "Green House"
and that Jerry Foust is the organizer and that the website is "soho artists".
I thanked him for his time, offered my hand, and wished him and the other artists good luck and
said that he had a nice building. I liked Alfredos good-natured persona. Looking forward
seeing his works in person!
I then headed back to my apartment via the C/E train.
Here is a
YouTube clip of the inside of
The Greenhouse Gallery at 75 Greene St.
###
~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 13, 2006
The Era of Magic Returns.
On/about the same time, far, far, far into the future, three historians, each unknown
to one another and each doing their own independent research, will each
independently publish 'review papers' -- in their respective and respected peer-reviewed
historical journals -- wherein they will have each discussed the historical
evidence of the
Wooster on Spring Art Event
of December 15th through 17th, 2006, and wherein they will have each concluded
December 15th, 2006 to be the date that 'officially' ushed in the
Return of the
Era of Magic to Earth Culture.
"As Earth culture steamed its way into the 20th century, it became clear that
the place of magic would be NO PLACE. Zero. Gone.
The world would be divided in two. The first part would be science and technology,
and all that these disciplines had to offer.
The second part would be organized religion. This area would try to satisfy the
need for something beyond the rational and practical.
It's obvious now, in 2006, that this division didn't work. People, in greater
numbers than ever, are hungering for something else, something more.
Hybrids have developed. Religion with a touch of magic, and technology with
a hint of magic. But the pure thing has still not found a home."
I stopped by the 11 Spring Street building this evening
to walk around it and to stand up close to it and to take in the energy of the creations
and the energy of those who created them, and, to place a tag. I saw Artists coming out of and going into the
entrance of the building and when the door was cracked open, I caught a glimpse of one of the murals.
On the sidewalk next to the building, I met two other artists (L. & F.) who were very, very excited for
this weekend -- as am I.
The whole experience, in the orange glow of the street lights this evening, was magic! Can't wait to see
the art inside and to meet some of the artists who created it.
The Art Installation inside the
190th Street A-train Subway Station,
scheduled for June 2007,
has the potential to be just as ground breaking.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 8, 2006
The Unicorns.
In a recent episode of Mark Kostabi's game show,
Name That Painting, celebrity
art critic Walter Robinson -- the editor of Artnet Magazine, mentions
The Unicorns
of The Cloisters.
Around the same time, NYC ART STAR discovers the following passage in Henry Miller's novel entitled
The Tropic of Capricorn and replaces the name of the
person mentioned with the archetype Fair Empress Manhattan:
"Father Apis, that mantic bull who gored his way to heaven and dethroned the gelded
deities of right and wrong. From Apis sprung the race of unicorns, that ridiculous beast of
ancient writ whose learned brow lengthened into a gleaming phallus, and from the unicorn,
by gradual stages, was derived the late-city man of which Fair Empress Manhattan speaks."
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 5, 2006
Waking Dream #1.
June 13th of the year 346 AD. In the early morning hours, I came upon a victory orgy for the army officers
happening in the white marble banquet hall.
They had returned two nights prior from a very bloody victory a fortnight earlier -- so said
a eunuch servant to me as I approached. I was then
on the balcony, adjacent to the hall, overlooking the city streets and facing the rising sun and projecting
MY OWN CRACKING LIVE ENERGY (and the sounds coming forth from behind me), far, far into the future.
One thousand six hundred sixty years
into the future.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 3, 2006
Market Custom Fit Musicians Ear Plugs to NYC subway commuters.
The NYC subway trains are loud.
I ride the NYC subway trains everyday. I luv the ride, but I can not stand the noise. That is why
I wear custom fit musicians earplugs
(with the 25dB attenuator buttons -- but without the neck cord). They certainly do take the
edge off when I am riding, and I can still clearly hear the conductor's annoucements -- provided the subway car's speakers are working.
"190th. 181st is next. This an A-train to Far Rock. Stand clear of the closin'. (bing, bong)."
Unlike wearing fluoresent yellow carpenters earplugs -- not too stylish, poor fit, and the protection is not as good,
custom fit musicians earplugs are aesthetically pleasing.
Note: Custom Fit Musicians Earplugs are a custom product, made individually for each user. They can be
purchased only from licensed hearing professionals (i.e. audiologists). The cost for a pair
ranges from $150 to $200.
Create the following banner ad to display on the NYC Art Star website -- to promote an audiologist in the NYC Metro Area
who dispenses Custom Fit Musicians Earplugs:
A woman, stylishly dressed, standing on the downtown platform of the 190th Street
A-train stop, cringing in pain,
with her hands to her ears -- as the A-train (R44 Series) approaches.
wall woman approaching trian
(------downtown platform-------)
In the advertising receptacles seen on the wall, photoshop in some
poster art from the upcoming
ARCHETYPE IN A BOTTLE Art Installation.
For the shoot, bring in, say, fotographers...
Jordon Matter -- whose studio is near the
190th Street A-train stop and
who has actually shot on the downtown platform
(in almost the same spot where I would stage the shoot)
See also these fotos by JM which use the 190th Street A-train stop as a backdrop: this one
on the downtown platform
and this one
in the Ft. Washington Entrance elevator lobby.
...and Travis Ruse (all subway)
and two female models and a creative director and the creative director's assistant and a makeup artist.
I and the audiologist (the clients) will also be on site (and I will double as the gopher).
Here is an audiologist on the UES in Manhattan based upon
this google keyword search.
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
December 2, 2006
The Artist.
"I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. A
year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think
about it, I am. Everthing that was
literature has fallen from me. There are no more books to be written, thank God."
~~ Henry Miller in
Tropic of Cancer, pg.1
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~ Posted by Tom McAlister / NYC Art Star. Link
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