UPDATE: I should have known that there were clever people behind this great idea. I heard from Garry Neill Kennedy: “The Starfish windows were filled with images by students in my spring term Printed Matter Class. The idea came from Noah Logan, one of the students in the class and another student Keith McLeod did the sizing. Some of the funding came from HRM and deep, deep discounts from Wade Atlantic and of course access to windows by Rob Landry at Starfish. We are all very pleased with the work.
Thanks, Garry”
Last week, the first Starfish Properties Student Art Award was presented to MFA grad Amelie Proulx. But that’s not the only place the downtown developer’s putting art. Quietly, the Starfish logo paper—which was covering a large number of empty Barrington windows—was replaced with local photography. A smart move, considering how many people associate that underwater creature with the dismantlement of the once-busy downtown street.
I recognize Susan McEachern‘s wonderful horse photos, but I’m still tracking down the rest. If you know, help a lady out.
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2010.
These windows were created by NSCAD’s Winter 2010 Printed Matter class in collaboration with starfish properties. The Artists are: Carmen Rhoads, Erica Ellsworth, Eva Bryant, Mamie Bell, Gabrielle Trach, Iain Soder, Keith McLeod, Erin Allen, Elise Graham, Megan Henry, Danielle Pothier.
… as well as Noah Logan and Garry Neil Kennedy.
This is fantastic. When I travelled back to York in northern England last year (where I’ve previously lived and worked), there were a lot of empty store fronts. Their town council filled the empty shop windows with large-scale historic photos of the city. Same idea, different subject matter, but it certainly helped to keep the place from looking too run down. I was very happy to see this here in Halifax- if those stores have to be empty right now (SAD) at least the windows aren’t just covered in Starfish paper anymore.
Barrington is deader than the dodo.