The Voice of the Homeless
BJ Krivanek, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
Description
To alleviate the invisibility of the homeless, we aspired to collect and express feelings about societal judgments and the labels imposed on them. Their collective words—in a continuous spectrum from positive to negative—form an encircling frieze of inscriptions in the rotunda. Facing outward toward a corporate skyline of banks, an interactive electronic information system empowers the homeless to exercise a public voice via mastery of computer technology—as individuals and as a socio-economic community—in response to the judgments of society. It is important to confront the overwhelming commercial dominance of the urban landscape by establishing communications infrastructures for the authentic voices of urban communities.
Collections:
Communication Graphics: 17 (1996)
Discipline:
Environmental graphic design
Format:
Exhibit, Graphical interface, Information graphic, Type design, Artifact
Credits
- Design firm
- BJ Krivanek
- Art director
- BJ Krivanek
- Environmental designer
- Joel Breaux
- Photographer
- Jeff Kurt Petersen
- Technical assistant
- Martha Najera
- Writer
- The Residents of the Union Rescue Mission
- Typographer
- BJ Krivanek Art & Design
- Fabricator
- Peter Carlsen Enterprises
- Client
- The Union Rescue Mission
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