Jim Proce has been collecting pictures of cool infrastructure, which is "art" in the urban settings of the cities we live in. Check out the small sample, can we decorate your city? jimproce@gmail.com

1. Infrastructure as Art…
Jim Proce

2. Infrastructure as Art
• Promotes public art display
• Many cities have taken to infrastructure as the “canvas” for
public art projects and programs
• Various unconventional methods of display
• Can be used for branding of your city
• Can be a source of community pride & civic identity
• Can be an outlet & community involvement for creative
folks throughout the community
• Contests, awards & recognition programs
• Can be inexpensive to implement
• Can easily use several media
• Traffic control boxes, sound walls, pavement & roadways,
overpasses, and more…

3. Traffic Control Boxes

4. Branding Efforts

5. Roadways Street Art Benefits

6. Other Canvases
• Buildings
• Walls
• Fences
• Sidewalks

7. Bridges

8. How do we implement?
• Decide which components we
want to explore
• Decide which methods of
implementation we want to
utilize
– Contests
– Commissioned
• Map out targeted areas
– Traffic signal boxes
– Intersections
– Bridges
• Map out events to promote
program
– City events
• Create a marketing plan
– Web
– Social media
• Decide funding mechanism
• Start small and build a
foundation
• Celebrate successes

9. Websites…
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02So3KRMNw&feature=youtu.be
• http://daily.sightline.org/2011/11/28/coloring-inside-the-lanes/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gcAHlaft-c&feature=youtu.be
• http://laecovillage.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/intersection-mural-version-3-0/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMuC6D8bHIQ&feature=youtu.be
• http://www.paintthepavement.org/
• https://bouldercolorado.gov/goboulder/paint-the-pavement-pilot-program
• http://bikeportland.org/2011/06/02/on-ne-holman-an-intersection-transformed-by-
paint-and-neighbors-54119
• http://www.citylab.com/design/2013/05/public-art-installation-bridges-gap-created-
overpass/5711/
• http://www.streetartutopia.com/