Artist Information:
The Open Sign Project
Coulumbia Falls, MT
United States
Member Since: Mar 2005
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Artist Statement:
The OPEN sign project, SEND ME
A SIGN
Homogenizing America through
the distribution of functional
Icons
In 2005 the OPEN sign project
started in a small town in
Northwestern Montana
In 2005 the OPEN sign project
started in a small town in
Northwestern Montana
I moved to a small community
in Northwest Montana about 10
years ago where I became the
Director of the local Art
Museum located in downtown
Kalispell, Montana. This was
at a time of franchise infancy
in the community. Wal-Mart and
Costco had arrived just after
the first McDonalds. Before
that the infrastructure of the
Flathead Valley was local Mom
and Pop un-franchised
businesses. The Flathead
Valley of Northwest Montana
was mostly untouched by the
mass distribution of corporate
enterprises that dominated the
larger communities of America.
It's sense of place was that
small Home Town, that Rural
Paradise that offered a haven
from the large urban
communities of modern America;
a place where a kid can grab a
towel and walk to the end of
the street to the community
swimming pool with no worries.
Ten years after the explosion
of Franchise Businesses I can
hardly recognize the community
I moved to ...
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Homogenizing America through the distribution of functional Icons
In 2005 the OPEN sign project started in a small town in Northwestern Montana
In 2005 the OPEN sign project started in a small town in Northwestern Montana
I moved to a small community in Northwest Montana about 10 years ago where I became the Director of the local Art Museum located in downtown Kalispell, Montana. This was at a time of franchise infancy in the community. Wal-Mart and Costco had arrived just after the first McDonalds. Before that the infrastructure of the ... |
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