You know when you have a friend who you think will always be there -- no matter what, at least you'll have that friendship, right? Lostmissing is a public art project about the loss of that relationship, a specific relationship for me -- right now it's missing. I want to express myself in public space in a way that feels personal and more meaningful than a private expression because I want to connect to other people and other lostmissing stories. This project is a public expression of grief in order to feel hopeful again -- it's about that random poster you see and you don't know what it means but your eyes get bright all the sudden.
I'm putting these posters up everywhere I can think of, and posting photos of the posters in public space on my blog and even making new posters out of those photos and then posting photos of those new posters too. And I'm giving the posters out to people to put them up in their own towns and kitchens and living rooms and bathrooms and galleries and meeting spaces and community centers and bars and workplaces and on the street and on abandoned buildings in bus shelters and on public transportation at shows of all kinds and in sex venues and restaurants and on bulletin boards and in store windows and in letters and in taxis and on the internet and near dramatic views and tourist attractions and in your own art and wherever else you can think of.
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Love this - am looking forward to posting in Chicago; thanks for sending the posters!
Yay -- and I look forward to lostmissing in Chicago -- thank you, Yasmin!
#25 hit home pretty hard in some unexpected ways. putting things up in public is pretty outside of my normal routine ,but i'm going to make myself do it.
Greg, that's so great to hear!!! Keep me posted...