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Jessica Stockholder's installation at Madison Sq. Park

Daily fiber: Synthetic hair installation at MoMa by Hrafnhildur Arnardottir

I've got MoMa on my mind, since their newly revamped website debuted today. (Trying to explore it, but I guess they are having technical difficulties)

Here's a detail shot I took back in January of Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir's (aka Shoplifter) synthetic hair/neon street-level window installation.

Tadashi Kawamata, Tree Huts

Saw these installations in Madison Square Park today--several were up, and a crew was installing another while I was there.

Tadashi Kawamata, Tree Huts
Mad. Sq. Art, Artist-in-residence: September 23-October 1

"Living 2007" Bricolage Mural at Bryn Mawr & Lake Shore Drive

Photos taken July 2008

Living 2007 is one of the best community art murals I've ever seen, located in the Edgewater neighborhood in Chicago at Bryn Mawr & Lake Shore Drive. It was produced by the Chicago Public Art Group and various youth. I saw it in various stages of completion, and I was amazed at how quickly it seemed to be finalized. Pictures don't do this mural justice. When the sun hits it, it's almost blindingly jewel-like.

Bottle sculptures in Evanston

"The Nereid Beckon"
Matt Dehaemers
June 2008 - May 2009 at Evanston Art Center

Lawn installations at Illinois Institute of Technology

School's over, and the past few days at the college I work at have been full of graduation activities and celebrations of projects being completed. Same thing one block over at Illinois Institute of Technology, where there's been several really interesting student-made structures installed on their grounds.

My favorite was this one on the south side of the Paul V. Galvin library -- milk crates connected to make a roller coaster-like form.

Here's another, made of plastic bottles.

While I'm at it, here's the Green Line "L" tube that goes over the really amazing student center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, and below that a shot of an installation of geometric wire forms in one of the hallways. Inside feels a little sterile to me, but visually it's a knockout, a must-see for any fan of Chicago architecture.

Spotting a couple more militia hits on Sheridan

Yarn graffiti seen at Sheridan and Lunt

Another one at Sheridan and Morse, across from Leona's restaurant

Street CROCHET (not knitting!) part 2

My last sighting of this very intriguing street knitting crochet work was on a parking meter situated at Glenwood, before Morse. Here's my latest sighting of the very cool MicroFiber Militia's handiwork, this time on a bike rack at Glenwood and Lunt in front of Eidolon Art Studio.

This one apparently got ripped down before I could see it, but I think I like it the best so far. I think it's the placement...personal reasons for me too.

Random knitter strikes again

Yesterday at Metroblogging Chicago, I learned about a "subversive knitter" going around giving trees, lamp posts, etc. little yarn cozies. I really wanted to see this, and today I did while walking to the train on Glenwood. Subversive knitter, let's be friends.

"Bird's Nest" sculpture at Evanston Art Center

Experience "the sound of local birdsong, created through a series of computer-generated sound components" at a collaborative sound sculpture from Chicago artist Shawn Decker and Finnish artist Jan-Erik Andersson on the grounds of the Evanston Art Center.

(I'm assuming that red caution tape was only there for the installation, and will be removed?)

Meet the artists at an opening reception 1-4 PM, Sunday June 17th, 2007. The sculpture will be up through June '08.