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Artifact Count

  • Currently Hidden: 0 items
  • Reported Missing/Not Registered: 14 items
  • Found and Registered: 106 items
  • Total Artifact Count: 120 items

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Hidden on 9/15/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:
To find this artifact, look around Spartanburg's newest Starbucks. Don't forget to check under the window sill of the drive-up window. It will be easy to find, if you get out of your car.

Additional information on this piece:
My wife, Patrice, says this piece reminds her of the night..."mystic and busy." I like that interpretation a lot.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Hidden on 9/14/07 Status: FOUND!




Clue:
Behind USC-Upstate's current construction, look inside the signs that point to where you can play with Howell, Cyrill, and Harley.

Additional information on this piece:
This is a piece made with inks that are blown by compressed air across the page, an experimental technique with mark-making.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Hidden on 9/13/07 Status: FOUND!




Clue:

Before you catch the bus at the Marriott, take a seat,...but look behind it first.

Additional information on this piece:
This illustration is a silly doodle made in a coffee house downtown while was waiting for breakfast. I think of it as a robot on a unicycle.

Hidden on 9/13/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:

When you visit Greenlawn Memorial Gardens from Main Street, pay close attention to the sign that welcomes you and shares the rules.


Additional information on this piece:
This illustration is about the nobility and importance of the mundane, expressed through the depiction of an ordinary shoelace.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Hidden on 9/12/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:
To find this artifact, go to the old train depot. Find a seat where the Farmer's Market will take place on Saturday. From this bench, you can also watch the trains.

Additional information on this piece:
This canvas panel was painted with acrylics. The magnets on the back make it an item that is just right for a fridge. It is a painting of a pepper I bought at the Saturday market.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Hidden on 9/11/07 Status: Reported Missing/ Not Registered



Clue:
On the Cottonwood Trail, this piece is clearly visible from the footbridge just before the power line cut.

Additional information on this piece:
This illustration was sparked by a conversation I overheard about the shapes and sizes of people. It examines the commonalities of human form but the subtle differences that make each person distinct.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Hidden on 9/10/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:
To find this artifact, go to Harold's garden. Walk out on the deck at the back of the path under the sweet gum marked with a faint heart. Find a seat, but check the legs to make sure it is sturdy.
Additional information on this piece:

This illustration was a little doodle that emerged as I enjoyed the trees in the garden. One of the benefits of this project for me has been a greater attentiveness to some of the beautiful trees in our city.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Video Clue: Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: FOUND!


Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:

To find this artifact, go to Cleveland Park. Walk the path away from the lake. Watch your step and think like a troll. Find a place under a foot bridge that is dry enough to feel at home.
Additional information on this piece:

This piece began as a line drawing that started to feel like a landscape as I drew it. The colors accentuate that effect.

Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:

To find this artifact, go to the new Carlisle Street Park. Look for the largest sign on the lot.
Additional information on this piece:

This doodle was born out of thoughts about the rings that show how old a tree is. I was thinking about how we accumulate layers of joys and sorrow as we grow.

Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: Reported Missing/ Not Registered


Clue:
To find this artifact, grab your cup of coffee. Drop the kids off at school. Use the compass to help you enjoy this mean green park.

Additional information on this piece:
This illustration was inspired by a good cup of coffee. It spilled.

Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: Reported Missing/ Not Registered



Clue:
To find this artifact, go to ticket booth all you friends of Duncan Park. Look through the window for this hidden piece.

Additional information on this piece:

This is another doodle around the theme of connectedness and the way the city has started to feel more woven together for me as a result of my intentional movements.

Hidden on 9/9/07 Status: FOUND!



Clue:
To find this artifact, go to The South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. Walk the Hub City Connector and look closely at the signs.
Additional information on this piece:

This doodle became a study of how connected systems can be created by linking isolated objects.

Conceptualize!

What is this project?

In collaboration with Partners for Active Living, SPARTA Bus, and the City of Spartanburg, visual artist and Spartanburg resident Kris Neely will move through out the city of Spartanburg for six months. The project is intended to call the community's attention to bus shelters, bike racks, and city trails.

How can I participate?


Step 1: Kris Neely will move through Spartanburg in ways that are not his typical ways of experiencing this place. He will begin to create studies and sketches that will be used for the creation of one larger piece of art.

Step 2: Kris will place these studies throughout the city in places that he noticed during his travels. Clues will be placed on this blog along with photographic images of the artifacts.

Step 3: Participants are invited to follow the clues to find these small pieces of art. Finders keepers. We invite you to leave a comment on this site letting us know the work has been found and taken. You might even want to post a picture of yourself in the location. Please see Step 5 for more details about a what we hope you will do with this art.

Step 4: Citizens are encouraged to send in postcard reflections about the way they move through Spartanburg. Poems, art work, and collages are just some of the creative ways you can reflect. (Children are encouraged to participate.) Please be aware that by submitting a card you are agreeing for the card to be exhibited in a culminating show and on this site. No postcards will be returned and decisions about whether reflections will be posted are left to the sole discretion of the Artist-in-Transit.

Step 5: Participate in the culminating art show (TBA). Participants who find the artifacts are encouraged to bring them to the culminating show for display. These pieces will be yours to keep after the event. Kris will share the larger work that resulted from the studies of movement and systems in the City of Spartanburg. Postcard reflections will be on display. Information about active living and public art initiatives in Spartanburg will be available at this event.

Step 6: Consider making a personal adjustment in the way you move each day through Spartanburg!