'Observer patterns' (2023) supports the display of artificial images (GAN/DALLE) towards a public art proposal. This project would fork alliances between south Texas art institutions and forward thinking tech companies who have relocated to the Austin area to benefit from the generostiy of its private sector.
The uneven development in states with cities projected as "tech hubs" is not immediately visible, but was palpable even in San Antonio, where I grew up, and where my parents still live. During the summer/fall of 2021 I spent significant time in South Texas and New Mexico. What's understated about the heightened inequality in these areas is that it's cultural.
This project proposes artist's billboards along major routes through cities with museum districts to cities with women's clinics. The billboards would have a consistent brand identity and would be relatively indistinguishable from the brand identity of a major international art fair, a cryptocurrency or Apple. The images would have an image of a sonogram paired with a slogan contributed by an artist.
The idea is that the slogan could go either way, but that the person driving the car would have to drive past it a few times for the messaging to trigger a political point-of-view:
CUT IT OUT
Some copy would be lifted directly or adapted from second amendment or pro-war sloganeering:
I'd kill for country, too
Else antiwar sentiment:
Eighteen until conscripted