Megan Hildebrandt - Sun. January 22, 2007
Working across a range of media – painting, performance, craft and more – Hildebrandt recently moved into The Creative Alliance at the Patterson as a Resident Artist. Prior to her move to Baltimore, Hildebrandt traveled in a 6-month residency on the Artrain USA, which travels the country with studios and a museum on board. From reimagining Mary Pickersgill and the making of the Star Spangled Banner, to her ongoing correspondence with the Pope, Hildebrandt combines a wicked sense of humor with innocent joy in the act of making things. She appears in the 2008 Mid Atlantic edition of New American Paintings.
Project Name: Blue Light Special
Project Description:
The Blinking Blue Light will make things better, not worse.
The Blinking Blue Light will know and see everything.
The Blinking Blue Light will show the pedestrians it is watching.
The Blinking Blue Light will be popular with many pedestrians.
The Blinking Blue Light will be a “top-of-the-line high-tech” blue beacon.
The Blinking Blue Light will capture pedestrians with its electric eyes.
The Blinking Blue Light will beautify and improve the neighborhood.
The Blinking Blue Light will keep the street awash with light and the pedestrians awake.
The Blinking Blue Light will blink in locations of “high activity” in the Transmodern Radius to assure pedestrians of their protection, and suspicious persons that they are on camera. The Blinking Blue light will create a feeling of safety, security, and warmth as it films and monitors Transmodern Tourists.
Please Note: In the long term, the Blinking Blue Light might not to engender a sense of safety.
