City Tower in Piccadilly Gardens - Manchester’s third tallest building and unchanged for years - became a huge conceptual canvas inviting passers-by to leave their mark in a way they never imagined they could. By scanning their hands in a specially constructed reader, participants could project the image of their handprint directly onto the building, positioning and sealing the image wherever they wanted -
Handprint worked even better than expected. Its scale and reach was truly inspiring and the public’s reaction was, without exception, extremely positive; it also generated the truly visceral connection I had hoped for.
Handprint crossed all boundaries: as it was so different, people had no point of reference, no instinctive challenge, no inherent behavioural response. Handprint almost instantly cut right through multiple preconceptions of ‘art’ and became a catalyst for fun, wonderment, drama, and at times, contemplation.
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City Tower in Piccadilly Gardens - Manchester’s third tallest building and unchanged for years - became a huge conceptual canvas inviting passers-by to leave their mark in a way they never imagined they could. By scanning their hands in a specially constructed reader, participants could project the image of their handprint directly onto the building, positioning and sealing the image wherever they wanted -
Handprint worked even better than expected. Its scale and reach was truly inspiring and the public’s reaction was, without exception, extremely positive; it also generated the truly visceral connection I had hoped for.
Handprint crossed all boundaries: as it was so different, people had no point of reference, no instinctive challenge, no inherent behavioural response. Handprint almost instantly cut right through multiple preconceptions of ‘art’ and became a catalyst for fun, wonderment, drama, and at times, contemplation.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2009
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Feb 25th, 2009
- Original Url: http://www.handprint.org.uk
- Permalink: http://www.handprint.org.uk
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Work Credits:
- None, creator
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