Leslie, Kjell and Peter are proud to have been invited to unveil Just Rest at the Big Omaha conference on Friday, May 8. If you're at Big Omaha, please check out our installation. Be sure to grab one of our limited edition info cards. Each one is individually stamped and numbered (edition of 400) by one of the three of us. You can also get a sneak-peak of prototypes of the art pieces we'll be creating throughout the Just Rest project.
Together, with the help of volunteers, donors and interested parties we will create a lasting change that will benefit Omaha's homeless and the Omaha-metro-area, and that will serve as a model for community engagement and service for other cities!
If you weren't fortunate to land a coveted spot at Big Omaha, here are a few photos of our work.
Leslie Iwai is already well known for her architectural forms (check out the "Sounding Stones" in Elmwood Park). Here, she turns her attention
to a smaller, poured form evocative of a bed roll or pillow. Speaking of pillows, Leslie will also make a series of vinyl bird pillows (check out our current user id image).
Kjell Cronn has spent the last two decades exploring installation and performance. For Just Rest, we'll be collecting old shoes and Kjell and our participants will create new work from their ashes. Through adorning and re-imagining a series of old shoes, participants will have an opportunity to share their story through a set of formerly useless shoes. What would you do with three shoes?
Just Rest is a perfect vehicle for Peter Cales' interest in chairs and the theory of relational aesthetics. We're going to shoot for making 50 chairs. Peter's chairs always include an element of interactivity - within the chair, or implied by the interactivity between the chair and user. The Just Rest chair is no different, as we hope it will spark lasting and positive relationships in all the participants who help make them. some of our most vulnerable citizens.
Can you accept the challenge to move beyond your comfort zone and work for justice alongside some of our most vulnerable citizens?
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