“When People Fly”
Social Practice/Community Arts 2013 Barter Collective, Red Line Gallery Denver, Co "When People Fly" was a project as part of a week long residency with the Barter Collective in Denver, Colorado. Located at Redline Gallery in conjunction with their summer 2013 programming entitled: "Not Exactly: Between Home and Where I Find Myself". Project Description: Often we only see poverty in terms of a lack of physical goods. However, poverty can also be associated with a sense of shame and a lack of voice. The signs people use to express material need are often wrongly connected with an impoverished identity. When People Fly is an interactive project aimed to create a sense of shared humanity between those that are materially impoverished and those that are not. The bARTer truck was be used for conversation and newly created signs.
Participant Worksheet:
Participants observing and engaging in the project.
Community members creating signs. Many of the participants were currently homeless. Others were creatives, gallery visitors or friends interested in the project.
Sample of signs created:
Millie Watters 