Artists released 40,000 copies of a fake New York Times today on the streets of this city proclaiming, among other things, an end to the war in Iraq.
Artists released 40,000 copies of a fake New York Times today on the streets of this city proclaiming, among other things, an end to the war in Iraq.
[This report was sent in by Christopher Robbins of Ghana Thinktank, which has been working on solving Westport's problems as part of the Optimism exhibition.]
“My neighbors think my dog barks too much, but he doesn’t.” This problem was submitted anonymously to Westport Arts Center by a local resident , and produced some pretty diverse solutions [...]
(Read more here about how Ghana Thinktank is solving Westport’s problems as part of the Optimism exhibition).
The following note was dropped in the ‘Problem Box’ at Westport Art Center for Ghana Thinktank to solve:
Optimism, an exhibition exploring the dreams and realities of making progress and changing the world, is on view at Westport Arts Center through November 30, 2008. More info.
Pictured: Ghana Thinktank, a project by John Ewing, Matey Odonkor and Christopher Robbins. Photo by Christopher Robbins.