The Spoon River Project is a serialized audio adaptation of the 1915 literary classic featuring over 70 actors with ties to the Dayton and Yellow Springs area. The saga will be featured in 6 volumes. The first volume will be installed Saturday, October 24 and will be up for 3 weeks. The other 5 volumes will follow throughout the year.
"Art is an activity consisting in producing relationships with the world with the help of signs, forms, actions and objects."
-Nicolas Bourriaud, Relational Aesthetics
Telephone Booth Project (Dayton x Walnut Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio)
Between the months of Oct. 2009 and Sept. 2010, the artist, Migiwa Orimo will invite other artists to create site-specific works at the phone booth. There will be 8 to 12 projects/performances/installations, over course of the Telephone Booth's year-long installation on Dayton St.
The Telephone Booth Project is made possible by the following organizations:
Yellow Springs Arts Council YS Center for the Arts Steering Committee James A. McKee Association and the Village of Yellow Springs
A special thanks to Robert Swaney for providing a space and electricity for the project!