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The Guerilla Art Kit

Everything You Need to Put Your Message out into the World

by (author) Keri Smith

Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2007
Category
Popular Culture
  • Spiral bound

    ISBN
    9781568986883
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $22.95

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We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites moved 'Time' magazine to name "You" their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds, we have not lost the urge to make our physical world more meaningful. By leaving art and ideas in public places, you can affect someone's daychange their mood or their mindand maybe even change the world in the process! 'The Guerilla Art Kit' shows how small artistic acts can start a revolution. Keri Smith, noted author of 'Living Out Loud' and the blog Wish Jar Journal, uses her unique drawing and handwriting style to help anyone find and release their inner artist or activist. This visually exciting activity bookfull of step-by-step exercises, cut-out projects, sticker ideas, and morehas both fun assignments and handy tips to help you unleash your creative energy into the streets, where you can really make an impact. From the quick exercisesleaving books for strangers to find, chalking quotes on the sidewalkto the more involvedmaking a "wish tree," guerilla gardening, or making your own stencils 'The Guerilla Art Kit' contains everything you need to put your message out into the world.

About the author

Keri Smith,Se define como una artista conceptual, autora e ilustradora de una gran cantidad de libros super ventas y Apps vinculados a la creatividad, entre ellos  Destroza este diario, Esto no es un libro, Caos. El manual de accidentes y errores, Guerrilla Art Kit, Acaba este libro y La antiagenda, todos publicados por Paidós. El foco principal de su trabajo y de su investigación como artista está en la creación de lo que el escritor Umberto Eco llama «obras abiertas», piezas que se completan por el lector o el usuario. Ha participado en importantes exposiciones como el Urban Play, en Copenague, con una instalación titulada The Society for Exploratory Research y en 2013 fue invitado a ser una «Resident Thinker» para la obra del artista Alex Hartley junto con Yoko Ono y muchos otros artistas de prestigio. Keri participa además como consultora en el Center for Artistic Activism. Su misión se basa en intentar transforma la vida cotidiana para hacerla mucho más divertida y animada a través de la observación y reinterpretación del mundo que nos rodea. Todos sus descubrimientos los utiliza para crear libros y obras de arte.www.kerismith.com www.elartistaerestu.com  #crearEsDestruir

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