Edina Tokodi, Public Artist :: 120 Seconds
Edina Tokodi, a public artist who uses natural materials, tells us a story about a Hungarian man who decided to collect all types of traditional fruit trees and their stories in hopes of preserving them for future generations.
Edina Tokodi, a public artist who uses natural materials, tells us a story about a Hungarian man who decided to collect all types of traditional fruit trees and their stories in hopes of preserving them for future generations.
About Edina:
Edina Tokodi studied graphic design and printmaking at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. Her works have been featured in both private and public space world-wide, including: Brick Lane Gallery, London; Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York; SEPTA public transit, Philadelphia, Billboard and public sculpture exhibition, Budapest, and a solo exhibition at The Gallery at (Le) Poisson Rouge.
Born in Hungary, Edina Tokodi lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Marc + Sara Schiller, Founders of Wooster Collective :: 120 Seconds
Marc & Sara Schiller from Wooster Collective share their passion for public art and advocate making more public space available to artists and communities for expression and beautification.
Marc & Sara Schiller from Wooster Collective share their passion for public art and advocate making more public space available to artists and communities for expression and beautification.
About Wooster Collective: The Wooster Collective was founded in 2001. This site is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.
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Aakash Nihalani, Artist :: 120 Seconds
Aakash Nihalani recounts the path that lead him to the aha! moment where he birthed the technique of his tape-based geometric street art.
Aakash Nihalani recounts the path that lead him to the aha! moment where he birthed the technique of his tape-based geometric street art.
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About Aakash:
"My street work consists mostly of isometric rectangles and squares. I selectively place these graphics around New York to highlight the unexpected contours and elegant geometry of the city itself. All execution of a piece is done on site with little to no planning.
For however briefly, I am trying to offer people a chance to step into a different New York than they are used to seeing, and in turn, momentarily escape from routine schedules and lives. We all need the opportunity to see the city more playfully, as a world dominated by the interplay of very basic color and shape. I try to create a new space within the existing space of our everyday world for people to enter freely, and unexpectedly 'disconnect' from their reality.
I'm not trying to push a certain highbrow logic or philosophy or purposefully communicate through the esoteric medium of art. I work instinctively, trying to follow my gut about the sensation of color and space, and have fun doing it.
People need to understand that how it is isn't how it has to be. My work is created in reaction to what we readily encounter in our lives, sidewalks and doorways, buildings and bricks. I'm just connecting the dots differently to make my own picture. Others need to see that they can create too, connecting their own dots, in their own places."
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