For those who were perplexed by the title of ‘residency’ in Banksy’s recent visit to New York, lets just say it was rather tongue-in-cheek to call it that. Artists have been applying for and getting residencies for many years from benefactors of one sort or another – institutions and individuals offering opportunities for artists to come and create with variables of lodging, materials, and length of stay all tied to the mission of the residency and the resources available.
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Street Artist and fine artist Overunder has hosted his own artists residency for a couple of years since leaving Brooklyn for Reno, Nevada called the Big Little Residency. Focused on social practices through public works of art, the residency is one week to one month long and he has had a few artists come out to live in the little cabin he built out back.
Yesterday Nanook finished his visit and today we bring you some images of the site-specific collaborative wheat pastes, paintings, and installations he completed which include a large wooden handled saw that cuts a building in half. The whimsical element is not entirely to be coy, but to re-frame our perspective on size and scale, a recurring visual feature of certain works by Nanook. Given the shrinking economic expectations of many Americans for the forthcoming generations, this sizing down of the dream also feels like an apt metaphor for our growing serfdom.
So enjoy the collaborative intervention with latex paint and wood entitled “Do You See What I Saw”, as well as some other pieces of public art Nanook completed with Overunder within the Truckee Meadows in this part of Nevada.
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Detail. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
Nanook . Overunder. Big Little Residency. Abandoned railroad tunnel with Donner Lake and the Sierra Mountains seen in the distance. Reno, Nevada 2013. (photo © Overunder)
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