Public Notice Board

At my University, there is no public bulletin board--all messages must be approved by the campus to be posted, and any that are not are generally ripped down.

For the new iris (DU's artistic group) collaborative project, "Power," I worked with Charles Roderick to change this at the campus Library's bulletin board. We figured we would give the metaphorical "power" back to the people by not only facilitating public input, but encouraging it.

We drafted a banner for the cause, done in the style of socialist propaganda, reasoning that the color scheme is perfectly attention-drawing, and the implications of communism as a theory further our cause. The entire banner was done in Illustrator and then finished in Photoshop.

Come installation time, we had the banners printed and covered the boards in paper (in a nondestructive way). We added the banner to the top, and then pens and pencils that hung from the board so people could write if they so desire.

The board has lasted over a week today, and it's something to be proud of, especially on a campus where street art is dealt with on a daily basis.