https://kyealive.club Kye Grant Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:19:07 +0000 https://kyealive.club en https://kyealive.club/Home Sun, 14 Feb 2021 01:19:11 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Home <img width="2250" height="3000" width_o="2250" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8eec4d625120182311b6395e17461b2fd075d3afc1c7b1c5514807b07dffaa5/25_1026_ClubAlive-Web-57.jpg" data-mid="240572105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8eec4d625120182311b6395e17461b2fd075d3afc1c7b1c5514807b07dffaa5/25_1026_ClubAlive-Web-57.jpg" /> https://kyealive.club/About-Me Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:24:00 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/About-Me ︎ Kye Grant&nbsp;Kauffman &nbsp; &nbsp;b. 1984 in Boston, MA &nbsp; &nbsp;Based in Portland, OR Kye Grant Kauffman is a socially engaged artist and performer living and working in Portland, Oregon. Practicing art as a public utility through interactive performance, devised gatherings, and neighborhood interventions, their work has taken the form of an unsanctioned artist residency in Times Square, a public access television show, T-shirts functioning as conversation pieces, DJ sets, music videos, choreographed stage shows, original pop music under the moniker Jennifer Vanilla co-created with NYC producer and technologist Brian Abelson, a pedestrian parade with a group of fifth grade crossing guards, and a comprehensive artistic campaign to get a crosswalk painted in Queens. My Autobiography 1996 My CV https://kyealive.club/Planet-Lloyd Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:19:07 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Planet-Lloyd ︎ Planet Lloyd &nbsp; Free newspaper about the mall, for the mall&nbsp; Lloyd Center Mall &nbsp; Portland, OR &nbsp; 2023-on &nbsp; Supported by a $5,000 grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council Planet Lloyd Newspaper is a free community paper about Portland’s quintessential cultural gem, the economically-teetering but artistically-thriving Lloyd Center Mall. On the brink of expiration for the last ten years, this legendary shopping center (where U.S. figure skater and iconic underdog Tonya Harding learned to skate, by the way) currently embodies capitalism turned inside out. Its precarious state means cheap rent, and that means that instead of a Macy’s, a Foot Locker or a Claire’s, there’s a pinball museum, a synthesizer library, a chess club, a roller skating school, a youth arts space, two art galleries, a magic shop—but possibly not for long. The end of Lloyd as we know it is a constant, looming threat, as the developers scramble to make it profitable again. And that makes documenting the half full universe of this half empty mall all the more vital.In 2025, during my artist residency at ILY2 Too Gallery inside Lloyd Center Mall, Planet Lloyd established a video department as well. See @planet.lloyd for field reports by Dan Jarvis-Holland and Matt Henson. To contribute to a future issue, email lloydcentric@gmail.com. Issue 1 Click this image to read Issue 1 from cover to cover: <img width="3723" height="4818" width_o="3723" height_o="4818" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31661d813e8cc30d6178e0d6c5219e2525cc5835a9459233062e0d92a7ddc20a/Planet-Lloyd_Issue-01_Magenta-Black-for-Eagle-Press_060224_Page_01.jpg" data-mid="239537049" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31661d813e8cc30d6178e0d6c5219e2525cc5835a9459233062e0d92a7ddc20a/Planet-Lloyd_Issue-01_Magenta-Black-for-Eagle-Press_060224_Page_01.jpg" />Contributors Simeen Anjum, Lou Blumberg, Luz Blumenfeld, Adela Cardona Puerta, Olivia DelGandio, Clara Harlow, Michelle Illuminato, Manfred Parrales, Gilian Rappaport, Nina Vichayapai, Midori Yamanaka The first 100 copies were printed at Secret Room Press during its residence inside Lloyd Center Mall. 2,000 additional copies were later printed by Eagle Press and distributed throughout the mall. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f3f9a236069cda2a74dd0e07b7d15fe7006524f07a20a278a92dc19eeb052ce/IMG_6143.JPG" data-mid="202160492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f3f9a236069cda2a74dd0e07b7d15fe7006524f07a20a278a92dc19eeb052ce/IMG_6143.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbac638321715f1cfb3264a414e6f837664d8094c606635f92132ca74ec9a20c/IMG_5384.JPG" data-mid="202160549" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbac638321715f1cfb3264a414e6f837664d8094c606635f92132ca74ec9a20c/IMG_5384.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8406fb5726778ed474aaffc0b70a9c4fe3589e2bb536d77114adf116283a762d/IMG_5392.JPG" data-mid="202160396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8406fb5726778ed474aaffc0b70a9c4fe3589e2bb536d77114adf116283a762d/IMG_5392.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf7f330fcd252f0d1ee2682869ac06ceb4dcf1af37e2d0cd1a128d091fa293f2/IMG_5453.JPG" data-mid="202160400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf7f330fcd252f0d1ee2682869ac06ceb4dcf1af37e2d0cd1a128d091fa293f2/IMG_5453.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf54a6115c512eb353f039c424ea5bab5a1ba8056c03b570950b907df2fc915b/IMG_5420.JPG" data-mid="202160398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf54a6115c512eb353f039c424ea5bab5a1ba8056c03b570950b907df2fc915b/IMG_5420.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/868383e179c3cf41903c5d239766004014a89714b41c2f3c8d928bd73c6cf08b/IMG_5405.JPG" data-mid="202160397" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/868383e179c3cf41903c5d239766004014a89714b41c2f3c8d928bd73c6cf08b/IMG_5405.JPG" /> Issue 2&nbsp;Click this image to read Issue 2 from cover to cover: <img width="2475" height="3188" width_o="2475" height_o="3188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7611024c48e5becec8b75d3e7d3a4db31e082d6f5c5a026de073a685061419f8/Planet-Lloyd-Issue-02-Oct-2025-FINALFINAL.jpg" data-mid="239537043" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7611024c48e5becec8b75d3e7d3a4db31e082d6f5c5a026de073a685061419f8/Planet-Lloyd-Issue-02-Oct-2025-FINALFINAL.jpg" /> Contributors Jess Andra, Aidan Ashland, Angelo Belrose, Lou Blumberg, Cameron CrowellAndrea Glaser, Violet Gray/Wet Velvet, Matt Henderson, Clara Harlow, Lib Morey, Chris Spencer, Timothy Tran, Katrina Weires. Layout by Wes Mueller 1,000 copies were printed by Eagle Press. https://kyealive.club/Crosswalk-Fantasy Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:57:35 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Crosswalk-Fantasy ︎&nbsp; Crosswalk FantasyIntersection Intervention With Nicole Galpern Ridgewood, Queens 2022-ongoing<img width="900" height="330" width_o="900" height_o="330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5ca57dbc9d5207bd44b582996e491cf743ba9bdae0b553bad62493e6a75eff4/CFC-logo-b-w.png" data-mid="164432501" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/b5ca57dbc9d5207bd44b582996e491cf743ba9bdae0b553bad62493e6a75eff4/CFC-logo-b-w.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; Crosswalk Fantasy was a citizen intervention that began with a perfectly reasonable request for a crosswalk, and turned into a longwinded, multidimensional creative undertaking. In response to a neglected intersection in our neighborhood that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) had repeatedly ignored, artist Nicole Galpern and I formed the Crosswalk Fantasy Committee and initiated a 9 month artistic campaign for a painted crosswalk and traffic signs at Stanhope St and Fairview Ave in Ridgewood, Queens. We organized a rally to garner community support and present this glaring void in the city planning system back to itself. We created our “fantasy intersection” by transforming it into a hospitable, pedestrian-centric site. I directed traffic as Fantasy Crossing Guard with the help of volunteers holding hand-painted “STOP” and “SLOW” signs; Nicole collected passionate audio testimonials from residents about their experience crossing the street; candidates for local political office gave speeches about street safety on a borrowed megaphone; and the widow of a man who was fatally struck at the intersection gave an emotional speech.&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec68da3d119c88fdc0dff1b4d9b353f547ef91e76000ede5d1198de119652a07/IMG_7030.JPG" data-mid="164430266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec68da3d119c88fdc0dff1b4d9b353f547ef91e76000ede5d1198de119652a07/IMG_7030.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99bb712073be958deda0a97f98fbf389e20a51803780d05923421c7d3f803b81/IMG_7182.JPG" data-mid="164430267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99bb712073be958deda0a97f98fbf389e20a51803780d05923421c7d3f803b81/IMG_7182.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a46fe18fd2555df870bd5024b0566a677067f6a2ff9f78233f1190f827bdee11/Crosswalk-Fantasy-Rally-1-Credit-Erik-Augustine.jpeg" data-mid="164430270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a46fe18fd2555df870bd5024b0566a677067f6a2ff9f78233f1190f827bdee11/Crosswalk-Fantasy-Rally-1-Credit-Erik-Augustine.jpeg" />photo: Paul Frangipane <img width="5958" height="3972" width_o="5958" height_o="3972" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/939b16084632c67be2ca06cbe69113410a25341231065fbd05cf42115870a4f2/Crosswalk-Fantasy-Rally-2-Credit-Erik-Augustine.jpeg" data-mid="164430271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/939b16084632c67be2ca06cbe69113410a25341231065fbd05cf42115870a4f2/Crosswalk-Fantasy-Rally-2-Credit-Erik-Augustine.jpeg" /><img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e330b33129887041b01d4268027dbf06218db9f6583126f14d8509fa0a880495/DSCF7312edit.jpeg" data-mid="164433590" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e330b33129887041b01d4268027dbf06218db9f6583126f14d8509fa0a880495/DSCF7312edit.jpeg" />photos: Erik Augustine <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a995d36c05d3ffcedfed25ea54fd3f447d19aef53fd71cddd668f5ea146079d/Charlene-01.png" data-mid="164430840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a995d36c05d3ffcedfed25ea54fd3f447d19aef53fd71cddd668f5ea146079d/Charlene-01.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95f22dc0d5f5b8d81d584f114d58e105e557fca24e32b2a70472530ab2ae9777/Charlene-02.png" data-mid="164430841" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95f22dc0d5f5b8d81d584f114d58e105e557fca24e32b2a70472530ab2ae9777/Charlene-02.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11c21502bba47a5ff6f01443ecefd7e85a04739d9fd526404f246047ed36a802/Charlene-03.png" data-mid="164430842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11c21502bba47a5ff6f01443ecefd7e85a04739d9fd526404f246047ed36a802/Charlene-03.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/412cf74fa6fee0375a55529862288f995e757a67df46029d61163002a22ad4a6/Charlene-04.png" data-mid="164430843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/412cf74fa6fee0375a55529862288f995e757a67df46029d61163002a22ad4a6/Charlene-04.png" /> We compiled the documentation into an online Community Dossier and sent it to the DOT, which, along with our 600-signature petition, ultimately prompted their office to reevaluate the site and conclude that the intersection did, in fact, merit crosswalks and stop signs. Coming Soon fliers were posted at the intersection to inform the public that new traffic enhancements were on the way. <img width="2549" height="3299" width_o="2549" height_o="3299" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0992c3945d3b35908a96d1e47c4d5b44fd137091529fec413e6e04ceb1a0830a/Coming-Soon-Crosswalks-v3.png" data-mid="164431356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0992c3945d3b35908a96d1e47c4d5b44fd137091529fec413e6e04ceb1a0830a/Coming-Soon-Crosswalks-v3.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2d3f1e35a9f1b29bf835e4a50b361aafc9c6ac5ff9333ea847ddf0feb7afb3c/IMG_3267.JPG" data-mid="164431349" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2d3f1e35a9f1b29bf835e4a50b361aafc9c6ac5ff9333ea847ddf0feb7afb3c/IMG_3267.JPG" /> <img width="2549" height="3299" width_o="2549" height_o="3299" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78e86b537ae35d2a152adc7732bc13c78b318c4742a714035fa4ddb71741cd79/Coming-Soon-Stop-Signs-v3.png" data-mid="164431357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78e86b537ae35d2a152adc7732bc13c78b318c4742a714035fa4ddb71741cd79/Coming-Soon-Stop-Signs-v3.png" /> When the crosswalks and stop signs were finally installed eight months later, we held a Crosswalk Victory party at the intersection, replete with a ribbon cutting ceremony, a Proclamation of Traffic Safety, a drum solo on the stop sign pole by Kid Millions of the band Oneida, certificates of appreciation to all the project’s supporters, and a celebratory pedestrian parade.&nbsp; <img width="1452" height="1936" width_o="1452" height_o="1936" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd740950722025f9ce7ebb89f21c9a65860cc165001d59031527b6306ce03630/image000000-2.JPG" data-mid="164430692" border="0" 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width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e07fd677dc842acb8379dc76453be6d1919b4202a5c5cad0b0096e73cd195313/IMG_1701.jpg" data-mid="164433859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e07fd677dc842acb8379dc76453be6d1919b4202a5c5cad0b0096e73cd195313/IMG_1701.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b602709c6f5ba923e899b056df93d8acf2bbba649e620dbcf31c29d7e647317/Participant-Sticker.png" data-mid="164432483" border="0" data-scale="37" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/3b602709c6f5ba923e899b056df93d8acf2bbba649e620dbcf31c29d7e647317/Participant-Sticker.png" />Do you live yours? https://kyealive.club/Department-of-Public-Dance Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:01:33 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Department-of-Public-Dance ︎ Department of Public Dance Civic Movement Agency @deptofpublicdance Portland, OR 2023-forever Department of Public Dance is a civic agency that frames dance as a public utility through participatory dance happenings in public space. From 2023-2024 in Portland, Oregon, weekly dance happenings took place at various locations inside the perpetually waxing and waning Lloyd Center Mall: the former Hollister, the defunct Champs, the food court, the vacant Marshall’s, and the old Spencer’s. The one hour dances were an open invitation to shoppers and passersby to join the Public Acts of Dance Company, an accessible and expandable troupe of people dancing in public. Public Dance 1 was published as a flip book and sold at Floating World Comics inside Lloyd Center Mall.While regular dance happenings ended in 2024, the Public Acts of Dance Company is always welcoming new members. To join, all you have to do is dance. Watch video excerpts of each Public Dance at @deptofpublicdance. <img width="3022" height="2309" width_o="3022" height_o="2309" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fea89eac2e35fce06531f1a8bd05324be6f9db7a833f9972667bd6857fc9d22/IMG_2551_crop.png" data-mid="187526644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fea89eac2e35fce06531f1a8bd05324be6f9db7a833f9972667bd6857fc9d22/IMG_2551_crop.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17c4e6219a5ab1f1b6b4138fe5f07e4b87fdae42963727e765374b11f99e60cf/DOPD_1_17.jpg" data-mid="187518178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17c4e6219a5ab1f1b6b4138fe5f07e4b87fdae42963727e765374b11f99e60cf/DOPD_1_17.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="837" width_o="1920" height_o="837" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f04c825afb28066c327ad8df7e880591e243d9ca577a0555290c72f5ece75382/flipbook-still-03-cutout.png" data-mid="187532753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f04c825afb28066c327ad8df7e880591e243d9ca577a0555290c72f5ece75382/flipbook-still-03-cutout.png" /> Public Dance 1 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c74bff2453a43a3d8460c8c98846919d9496ad01b1956e5c98dcb64407812a50/DOPD-2-04.jpg" data-mid="187518256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c74bff2453a43a3d8460c8c98846919d9496ad01b1956e5c98dcb64407812a50/DOPD-2-04.jpg" /> Public Dance 2&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f519769573556a7d33cf5c8e9b95cd7fa5fe1617aa897ea24bdea7d7e0cc995/DOPD-3-11.jpg" data-mid="187518350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f519769573556a7d33cf5c8e9b95cd7fa5fe1617aa897ea24bdea7d7e0cc995/DOPD-3-11.jpg" /> Public Dance 3 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffb567aa068a6d8221cea36a84085b500920a3222d86588ae32e7f09ae4ecfeb/DOPD-4-02.jpg" data-mid="187518375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffb567aa068a6d8221cea36a84085b500920a3222d86588ae32e7f09ae4ecfeb/DOPD-4-02.jpg" /> Public Dance 4 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52f04059836e77dc94bfec822a38490064eae72d43dc9f96a520295d7938702f/DOPD-5-02.jpg" data-mid="187518609" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52f04059836e77dc94bfec822a38490064eae72d43dc9f96a520295d7938702f/DOPD-5-02.jpg" /> Public Dance 5 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4ed9e23a99f51e8d49e50326bb158c114815178665e6c7554e3b4882cc5a901/DOPD-6-37.jpg" data-mid="187519669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e4ed9e23a99f51e8d49e50326bb158c114815178665e6c7554e3b4882cc5a901/DOPD-6-37.jpg" /> Public Dance 6 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9b3670685a888398e5aeb2ae2fdd630e57e9d7e2dc54db12e3811992d968ddc/DOPD-7-41.jpg" data-mid="187523243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9b3670685a888398e5aeb2ae2fdd630e57e9d7e2dc54db12e3811992d968ddc/DOPD-7-41.jpg" /> Public Dance 7 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c888c88f29095a60f0873ef54e7cbb34e4d2595f6a4be2d57de803f62cf216dd/DOPD-8-26.jpg" data-mid="187525554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c888c88f29095a60f0873ef54e7cbb34e4d2595f6a4be2d57de803f62cf216dd/DOPD-8-26.jpg" /> Public Dance 8 <img width="3576" height="2008" width_o="3576" height_o="2008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eef88050218599eb046eb85068bf6be229009e926859d1ff11490e67201f6ca8/Screen-Shot-2023-06-09-at-11.42.51-PM.png" data-mid="187526450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eef88050218599eb046eb85068bf6be229009e926859d1ff11490e67201f6ca8/Screen-Shot-2023-06-09-at-11.42.51-PM.png" /> Public Dance 9 <img width="3520" height="1980" width_o="3520" height_o="1980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27eca394766ca5894e0e2eaaeee3fd5b24fb3f1a73086d293a8f995243e5c350/IMG_3928.JPG" data-mid="205640544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27eca394766ca5894e0e2eaaeee3fd5b24fb3f1a73086d293a8f995243e5c350/IMG_3928.JPG" /> Public Dance 12 <img width="3504" height="1600" width_o="3504" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9026dc40bade5118f17fd9c548882a23cb22742d2b8d772dac3e86a968f3fdb5/dopd_bizcard_cutout2.png" data-mid="187526654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9026dc40bade5118f17fd9c548882a23cb22742d2b8d772dac3e86a968f3fdb5/dopd_bizcard_cutout2.png" /> https://kyealive.club/Shadow-Infrastructure Wed, 11 Jan 2023 01:02:56 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Shadow-Infrastructure ︎ Shadow InfrastructureVinyl cuts T4T Art Collective Group Show MK Gallery, Portland State University, Portland OR 2022 These two vinyl cut outs are shadows cast by street signs on the empty sidewalks of Portland at night. In the abstraction of infrastructure, I see potential for a softening of rigidity, a conversation between the natural and the built environment, a poetical reenvisioning of how we interface with each other and our surroundings, and a more fluid and functional relationship between people and the cities they live in. The artist Paula Wilson said once in an interview, “the life force of a thing can be completely created by its shadow.” As I navigated bureaucratic procedures with the NYC Department of Transportation through my Crosswalk Fantasy intersection intervention, learned new technical vocabulary to communicate with city officials and traffic engineers, relocated to the transit and city planning hub of Portland, OR to finish grad school, and begun collaborating with a group of 5th grade school crossing guards, the visual language of the street became an orienting guidepost and obsession for me. I am intrigued by the standardized symbols of communication that attempt to organize how we move and coexist in public space, and in doing so, create a shared optical and physical lexicon for us as a civic body. Standard as they are, I see beauty in the stop sign, the traffic cone, the crosswalk, both for the elemental qualities of their shape and color, and for how they contribute to the complex dynamics of human cooperation and interactivity. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15dde0009eab6295c36755e80b5904c5468f183f8652cf1847efb6d031db3e5d/IMG_0399.png" data-mid="164427123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15dde0009eab6295c36755e80b5904c5468f183f8652cf1847efb6d031db3e5d/IMG_0399.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01de221d5fe6cf10018ced651efe0bdccebabd2b8020fa33f32f86e0f4ec2218/IMG_0398.jpg" data-mid="164425931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01de221d5fe6cf10018ced651efe0bdccebabd2b8020fa33f32f86e0f4ec2218/IMG_0398.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/621252106a30c9d7e5e97c4c4573670b7c7a57e7243dcf968b1de588278963e6/IMG_0089.jpg" data-mid="164425928" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/621252106a30c9d7e5e97c4c4573670b7c7a57e7243dcf968b1de588278963e6/IMG_0089.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0094c4b1cfed77d670ffaf34bfceaaa4759515d3df4141e8fc1340357c475026/IMG_0107.jpg" data-mid="164425929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0094c4b1cfed77d670ffaf34bfceaaa4759515d3df4141e8fc1340357c475026/IMG_0107.jpg" /> <img width="3973" height="2407" width_o="3973" height_o="2407" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a1051f63b43f030da2330125d4b4d00a5c2ba52c7d4ee477e163d763e628cf2/IMG_0388-crop2.png" data-mid="164659721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a1051f63b43f030da2330125d4b4d00a5c2ba52c7d4ee477e163d763e628cf2/IMG_0388-crop2.png" /> https://kyealive.club/Hi-Viz-Spectacular Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:58:40 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Hi-Viz-Spectacular ︎ Hi-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular with Mo Geiger and the Dr. MLK Jr. Elementary School 5th Grade Safety Patrol King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland, ORSupported by PICA Precipice Fund and Andy Warhol Foundation ABOUT HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR (2022-present) The Hi-Vizibility Crosswalk Spectacular was a collaboration with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School 5th Grade Safety Patrol, a group of student crossing guards, culminating in a participatory pedestrian parade at King School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) to celebrate pedestrian visibility and freedom of movement in public space. Figuring the crossing guard as connective tissue between static infrastructure and human motion in public space, Mo Geiger and I envisioned this work with the students to be a starting point for civic engagement: a way to experience the conversation between ourselves and the city. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd10ba30ec3fc82c12e8a38f3698fd362c15acd26c37b74d53fd0801fd699deb/CS-luzvid-still-37.jpg" data-mid="174694234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd10ba30ec3fc82c12e8a38f3698fd362c15acd26c37b74d53fd0801fd699deb/CS-luzvid-still-37.jpg" /> HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR I (2022)Hi-Viz Crosswalk Spectacular I (2022) was a colorful exhibition of the new, personalized hi-viz Safety Patrol uniforms that Mo and I co-designed with the students. Inherited by each new generation of Safety Patrol, the uniforms are interactive, wearable student artworks. The parade led to a dance party at the school’s newly painted guerilla crosswalk, and was part of Assembly, the Portland State University Art + Social Practice MFA program’s annual co-authored social practice conference. Safety Patrol Uniform Redesign Designed and created in collaboration with Mo Geiger and the Fifth Grade Safety Patrol Debuted at 1st Annual Crosswalk Spectacular, Portland, OR <img width="3686" height="2457" width_o="3686" height_o="2457" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ad724d201689dae52fb4a26c73f4ea4a546a28efa8b217e8b596008ebee2e02/All-Vests-Group-Shot-sm.png" data-mid="164434813" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ad724d201689dae52fb4a26c73f4ea4a546a28efa8b217e8b596008ebee2e02/All-Vests-Group-Shot-sm.png" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5980a0614c6f6dcdd1c7470cad85828c9035a14bfc6406b0c3b2637973b46d9f/Portland-Building-2-by-Diana.JPG" data-mid="164434859" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5980a0614c6f6dcdd1c7470cad85828c9035a14bfc6406b0c3b2637973b46d9f/Portland-Building-2-by-Diana.JPG" />Select uniforms were exhibited at the Portland Building for KSMoCA: Present Days, 2022, Portland OR. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bee28e9403b340367943667667cc950ed836f44ba08f148538e3f7b6e19bedd2/CS-luzvid-still-8.jpg" data-mid="174694228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bee28e9403b340367943667667cc950ed836f44ba08f148538e3f7b6e19bedd2/CS-luzvid-still-8.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9c95860eb3db237836bd41462a0e9f1b84bd609ecb80abedbcf4a1aaa70b49e/CS-luzvid-still-5.jpg" data-mid="174694351" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9c95860eb3db237836bd41462a0e9f1b84bd609ecb80abedbcf4a1aaa70b49e/CS-luzvid-still-5.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76e25d77e0182474d609d351d7f5da37d3c9b5b70ce77581b1f27066dd9c0371/CS-luzvid-still-3.jpg" data-mid="174695420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76e25d77e0182474d609d351d7f5da37d3c9b5b70ce77581b1f27066dd9c0371/CS-luzvid-still-3.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9971718faf49a35b68a9fa225b8082db4ab5f8960c7167e6c6ca4bdbdd7995f2/CS-luzvid-still-36.jpg" data-mid="174694232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9971718faf49a35b68a9fa225b8082db4ab5f8960c7167e6c6ca4bdbdd7995f2/CS-luzvid-still-36.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7df121ec9142b5c64ade187afd245aa7dcfae9b006ac286aa1e4aed3afd9ddd2/CS-luzvid-still-39.jpg" data-mid="174694237" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7df121ec9142b5c64ade187afd245aa7dcfae9b006ac286aa1e4aed3afd9ddd2/CS-luzvid-still-39.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68b962c43b9f92c06a766d839f6be2316d8721308495133db8636103ba30ca38/CS-luzvid-still-45.jpg" data-mid="174695611" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68b962c43b9f92c06a766d839f6be2316d8721308495133db8636103ba30ca38/CS-luzvid-still-45.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8938c9d83788dde9ecb0a1a310f8d7f51cab94c11f47e766ba2140f556311008/IMG_9790.JPG" data-mid="174694607" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8938c9d83788dde9ecb0a1a310f8d7f51cab94c11f47e766ba2140f556311008/IMG_9790.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="785" height="755" width_o="785" height_o="755" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1383d658354f3ff872dbb1450dee123da9006a951b5a7f1cc53e6446ac89fd1f/Solo-Button.png" data-mid="165443894" border="0" data-scale="33" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/785/i/1383d658354f3ff872dbb1450dee123da9006a951b5a7f1cc53e6446ac89fd1f/Solo-Button.png" /> HI-VIZ CROSSWALK SPECTACULAR II (2022-23) Hi-Viz Crosswalk Spectacular II debuted the offical Safety Patrol Theme Song, written collaboratively by the students and myself, with music by Lucas Nathan, aka Jerry Paper. It was recorded in a school classroom by educational non-profit Friends of Noise and burned to CDs, which were distributed to every participant and co-writer of the project.&nbsp; Safety Patrol Theme Song Written in collaboration with Fifth Grade Safety Patrol and musician Lucas Nathan, aka Jerry PaperPerformed at 2nd Annual Crosswalk Spectacular, Portland, OR Listen at musicforcrosswalks.bandcamp.com/track/safety-patrol-theme-song <img width="3827" height="2327" width_o="3827" height_o="2327" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d8e04ed99ebdf77e828e738b6d257b7c51219b6edb501ce0317cf52ddfac3ec/CD-cutout-image.png" data-mid="201257819" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d8e04ed99ebdf77e828e738b6d257b7c51219b6edb501ce0317cf52ddfac3ec/CD-cutout-image.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22ce4ef1153bd26d5d38b6456e943e1876c819af758469f34c53370ad412c3cb/cs2-crosswalk-song-03.jpg" data-mid="201257774" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22ce4ef1153bd26d5d38b6456e943e1876c819af758469f34c53370ad412c3cb/cs2-crosswalk-song-03.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/932f91d60a16755ab1e647c2f5561b85508f1cc1529eea84a996ec75f40ad005/cs2-crosswalk-awards-gauge4.jpg" data-mid="201257777" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/932f91d60a16755ab1e647c2f5561b85508f1cc1529eea84a996ec75f40ad005/cs2-crosswalk-awards-gauge4.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c8544d3d137b4e8a8045c2388aa1b34e79a6ec368f89f9243f1b63d0cef699d/cs2-crosswalk-running.jpg" data-mid="201257773" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c8544d3d137b4e8a8045c2388aa1b34e79a6ec368f89f9243f1b63d0cef699d/cs2-crosswalk-running.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85def44ff82495fa359a8967feeb233e2ee37c3f0cfd1482fccc35a1724428ee/cs2-crosswalk-field-macro6.jpg" data-mid="201257778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85def44ff82495fa359a8967feeb233e2ee37c3f0cfd1482fccc35a1724428ee/cs2-crosswalk-field-macro6.jpg" /> https://kyealive.club/Invocation-of-the-Crosswalk Thu, 12 Jan 2023 01:17:13 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Invocation-of-the-Crosswalk ︎ Invocation of the Crosswalk &nbsp; Words, two traffic wands &nbsp;&nbsp; Poetry Project New Year’s Day Marathon &nbsp; New York City, NY &nbsp; 2023&nbsp; &nbsp; A continuation of my infrastructure idolatry in the form of a crosswalk conjuring at St. Mark’s Church in the East Village of New York. Delivered as a live reading at The Poetry’s Project’s 49th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon, a 12 hour event featuring some of my favorite artists and writers such as Shanzhai Lyric, Tess Dworman, hannah baer, Joan La Barbara, and Edgar Oliver. <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad85ba811f8230ebaba9408310334c572691c66af0171afdb8abf5ae51991f89/Poetry-Project-flyer.jpeg" data-mid="164423561" border="0" data-scale="37" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad85ba811f8230ebaba9408310334c572691c66af0171afdb8abf5ae51991f89/Poetry-Project-flyer.jpeg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="2751" height="1694" width_o="2751" height_o="1694" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94458bd55ce280fe574d1670b51ee12119cc402663aa8a3da8a555018a56c315/PP-Still-2.png" data-mid="164423458" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94458bd55ce280fe574d1670b51ee12119cc402663aa8a3da8a555018a56c315/PP-Still-2.png" /> https://kyealive.club/Elevator-Sequence Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:25:49 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Elevator-Sequence ︎︎︎&nbsp; Elevator Sequence Collective dance, video Portland State University Art Open Studios Portland, OR 2022 A set of simple instructions invites you to board the elevator and reemerge dancing.&nbsp; <img width="1056" height="879" width_o="1056" height_o="879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e493c0672f0448c4cdd788b5a0f7774bc64b2a88142e1b88f10f3d3faa036ef4/IMG_0852-flier-crop-pinkk.png" data-mid="164507514" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e493c0672f0448c4cdd788b5a0f7774bc64b2a88142e1b88f10f3d3faa036ef4/IMG_0852-flier-crop-pinkk.png" /> &nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/195d2e74db1f942056f71a1ae98393c7c431af208cadf46f0f79631265781755/IMG_0868.jpeg" data-mid="164506364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/195d2e74db1f942056f71a1ae98393c7c431af208cadf46f0f79631265781755/IMG_0868.jpeg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5e3328618f94b4df232a090485c3609d2883022e68d39bbf57c8b3eefcebc42/IMG_0872.jpeg" data-mid="164505452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5e3328618f94b4df232a090485c3609d2883022e68d39bbf57c8b3eefcebc42/IMG_0872.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f7d6952f560c4721e09677cf16de9455f7a7155ff70bb3c1e1cbc363d4acbbf/IMG_0886.jpeg" data-mid="164505457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f7d6952f560c4721e09677cf16de9455f7a7155ff70bb3c1e1cbc363d4acbbf/IMG_0886.jpeg" /> https://kyealive.club/Social-Souvenirs Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:13:09 +0000 Kye Grant https://kyealive.club/Social-Souvenirs ︎&nbsp; Social Souvenirs&nbsp; Mementos for interactions with strangers With James Blount and Clarence The Lot Radio, SOFA Journal Times Square, New York City 2021 I went to my favorite place (Times Square) to invite people to talk to me in exchange for a homemade T-shirt. &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acd9e6538c7244021cf62f3c5d0430be82493c507a95c0f89dbf577c92e9b0d7/Shirt-Display.png" data-mid="164530797" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acd9e6538c7244021cf62f3c5d0430be82493c507a95c0f89dbf577c92e9b0d7/Shirt-Display.png" /> READ&nbsp; Have a Nice Day, my conversation with James Blount, security guard for the biggest souvenir shop in Times Square. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8609880af8631b0e83c597ac08245c9371df9440f6b7bd667f520101c8bda59b/James--with-T-Shirt-edited.png" data-mid="164531434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8609880af8631b0e83c597ac08245c9371df9440f6b7bd667f520101c8bda59b/James--with-T-Shirt-edited.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2640748cd1c3d5ebcc209a2ae5d3837ecf2a1b0d4fdd37ba44e3b663e4ba52e/I-Just-Work-Here-T-Shirt.png" data-mid="164531452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2640748cd1c3d5ebcc209a2ae5d3837ecf2a1b0d4fdd37ba44e3b663e4ba52e/I-Just-Work-Here-T-Shirt.png" /> LISTEN / WATCH Social Souvenir Hotline with Jenny V, a 1 hour radio show on The Lot Radio broadcast live from a kiosk in the middle of Times Square. Featuring a conversation with local resident Clarence. 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