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JUST DO IT: Help paint the How Philly Moves mural
Everybody's beautiful: that's the core belief behind How Philly Moves, an ongoing project based on the photography of JJ Tiziou.
JUST DO IT: Help paint the How Philly Moves mural
Everybody’s beautiful: that’s the core belief behind How Philly Moves, an ongoing project based on the photography of JJ Tiziou. The artist photographed more than 170 Philadelphians in the midst of 10-minute dances — movements they improvised themselves, with no direction from Tiziou. These Philly dancers will appear next month, vastly magnified, across Philadelphia airport in a How Philly Moves mural — and you’re invited to help paint it this weekend at the Gallery. It’s the final community paint day for the six-building-wide piece, backed by the Mural Arts Program and stunningly previewed in the rendering above. “From I-95, at 55 miles per hour, the energy of their movements will be unmistakable,” observes the HPM website.
If you’re interested, don’t worry about your painting skills, or lack of them: it’s a “giant paint-by-numbers, essentially,” Tiziou says. Volunteers will paint on five-by-five squares of parachute cloth. And they don’t have to stay long — though it’s a three-hour session, painters are welcome just to drop in briefly.
That’s not all: an exhibit in the airport’s baggage claim will allow Tiziou to showcase many more dancing Philadelphians from his extensive shoots. Meanwhile, Tiziou is working with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) on a connected piece: a projection of the dancers that will appear on the side of the Kimmel Center from dusk to dawn, starting April 7 (click the link for video of a fascinating chat with the man himself). Tiziou is gathering funds through the website Kickstarter, which allows anyone and everyone to chip in and help get the project off the ground. The site sets a funding goal and asks supporters to pledge whatever they can — an ideal system to back a project that’s all about community, the artist points out. Rather than one person pledging $100, he says, it’s better for that person to give $10 and tell 10 friends. Not only does that mean more funding, it also spreads the grassroots effort “one circle broader.” The effort will allow further photo shoots, bringing new faces to How Philly Moves. It’s a “scaleable” project, the site notes: the more support, the bigger it can grow.
Community paint day details: Sat., Mar. 12, 12-3 p.m., the Gallery, Ninth and Market, Third floor.
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