Ideas & Art from Rob Elliott and Christine Cosby

Tag: Pittsburgh

Telephone Line

I drew these 31 bird groups for Pittsburgh’s Fun-A-Day project. The idea behind Fun-A-Day is for artists to do something creative (not work-related) every day for a month.

The self-imposed rules of my project, “Telephone Line” were that the wire had to run the entire length on the month, the background could not touch the side edges, the wire could only be used by city birds (sparrows and starlings), the birds could be in peril but not harmed, and the backgrounds should show a lot of variety. I started out with buildings I liked, but soon jokes and surrealism made its way into the project.

You can view the complete “Telephone Line” on Instagram (@swizzlestudio) or at the bottom of this post.

“Telephone Line” ran the length of the gallery at Fun-A-Day Pittsburgh’s show.
Toronto City Hall
Sonora Desert
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Trinity Square Car Park Gateshead
Zipper ride
Giraffes
Telephone line 2 point perspective
Vaudeville
Disneyland Skyway and Matterhorn
Gibbon
Submarine
Mothra Tokyo Tower
Moulin Rouge
Statue poop
Parachute
Venus fly trap
Disco
Tetris
Rooftops
Douglas Fir clearcut
PCC streetcar
tightrope
Viking ship
three cats
Vancouver Harbour Centre
Linesman
Sphinx Egypt
Snowman
Bass jumping
Zero gravity moon
Hello

Fun-A-Day pennants

Christine amidst her Fun-A-Day pennants.

Christine amidst her Fun-A-Day pennants.

Christine just finished a car lot-style banner for Pittsburgh’s Fun-A-Day 2015. The banner, made up of 31 textile flags and pennants, will be hung from the gallery ceiling during the Fun-A-Day show in February.

Detail of Fun-A-Day car lot banner.

Detail of Fun-A-Day car lot banner.

Fun-A-Day is a multi-city event in which artists create art for an entire month and then display it together in a gallery. Christine went as literal as she could, sewing the word “FUN” once for every day of the month. The resulting riot of typefaces and textiles is greater than the sum of its parts.

Fun typefaces on these Fun-A-Day flags.

Fun fonts on these Fun-A-Day flags.

In the Pittsburgh area? Here’s show details:

Fun-A-Day Pittsburgh
Mr Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Opening reception: Friday, February 6, 2015, 7pm-10pm
Saturday, February 7, 2015, hours TBD
Sunday, February 8, 2015, hours TBD

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