Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art
Our Everything is OK barricade tape was recently included in an exhibit
at the
Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition, entitled "Shelter/Survival: Alternative Homes for Fantastic Lives" was curated to question the meaning of art in the context of crises caused by natural disaster, conflict, and poverty. Shelter/Survival included
works from 17 artists, designers
and architects. Participants included Mami Tanigawa, Takeshi Matsuoka, Akira Suzuki, Lucy + Jorge Orta and Shigeru Ban.
Photo: © Yamamoto Masato
HOW International Design Award
Honored as the sole OUTSTANDING entry in the broad, catch-all category of "miscellaneous," Everything is OK was featured in the April issue of HOW Magazine's International Awards Annual. Judges praised the project as being at once profound and humorous.
Everything is OK — The Album!
The new Jaytech Album, "
Everything is OK" was reportedly inspired by a sighting of our tape. According to the Australian-born artist, he saw some of the tape at the 2007 Pillow Fight in San Francisco. Originally thinking it would be a cool album sleeve idea, he later decided "Everything is OK" was a "sweet name for the cd"
We had nothing else to do with the album other than that, but it gets 4 stars from DJ Magazine, so why not
check it out.
Cooper Hewitt People's Design Awards
Everything is OK is up for a People's Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt. Last year we made a stong showing, but this year we aim to do even better. We could use your support! You only get one vote, so please make sure you cast yours for us!
(voting now closed)
San Francisco Graphic Design
Our Everything is OK project will be featured in the upcoming San Francisco Graphic Design exhbition at the
Museum of Craft and Design. The exhibition represents the leading edge of graphic design, as embodied in the work of 12 leading designers who "have influenced design communities both locally and nationally."
Opens January 16, Exhibits through April 26, 2009
More info at
sfmcd.org
Join exhibiting designer and Everything is OK co-creator
Christopher Simmons for a panel discussion at the museum on March 26.
Criteria at the A+D Gallery, Chicago
Our Everything is OK project is being showcased at an exhibit of artists and designers responses to themes of sustainability.
Criteria explores the ethics and politics that embody contemporary notions of sustainability. Through a variety of media and unconventional design approaches, the exhibition examines efforts to modify and push late capitalist consumption patterns as well as address the current contradictions between industrial and natural landscapes.
Running now through February 28 at the A+D Gallery in Chicago.
New Project for the San Francisco Arts Commission
Everything is OK has been selected by the San Francisco Arts Commission, Triple Base Gallery and The Mayor’s Office to create an original art installation in San Francisco's econimcally embattled Central Market Street district.
Join us for the launch event
Friday, October 23 from 5–7pm at 989 Market Street. Formal remarks begin at 5:30pm followed by an unveiling of the window installations and an art walk with the artists.
Chronicle Art Critic Kenneth Baker Gives Us an A-OK Review
Reviewing the Art in Storefronts program for the San Francisco Chronicle, critic Kenneth Baker had mixed feelings about the initiativet, but was generally positive on the idea that art could be at least one way to help rescue foresaken neighborhoods. Happily, his praise was unequivocal
when it came to two artists — us among them. Read his full review
here.
Photo:
Steve Rhodes
