Art Inspired by Craigslist “Missed Connections”

Posted by John Farrier in Art, Blogs & Internet on October 1, 2009 at 3:58 pm


Image: Sophie Blackall

Sophie Blackall is a Brooklyn-based artist who is fascinated by the Missed Connections postings on Craigslist. She finds them to be bite-sized insights into the human experience. Jenna Wortham writes in The New York Times:

Currently, Ms. Blackall is only putting her spin on listings from New York City, where she says “people are colliding with each other constantly, criss-crossing paths all day, every day and yet the interactions are so fleeting and transient. It’s really just an un-choreographed mess of colliding stories.” Eventually, she says, she might branch out to other cities. “It would be interesting to see how the listings differ in California, for example.”

Link via Fast Company | Artist’s Etsy Shop | New York Times Post

 
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