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Before I die

Author: Candy Chang
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2013.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building with chalkboard paint and the wrote the words, "Before I die, I want to___ ," she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon. Within a day of the wall's completion, however, it was covered in colorful chalk dreams as people stopped and reflected on their lives. Since then, more than two hundred walls have been created by people all over the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Miscellanea
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Candy Chang
ISBN: 9781250020840 1250020840
OCLC Number: 827841425
Description: 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: The house --
Walls around the world --
Remixes --
By the numbers --
Even more walls --
How to make a wall.
Responsibility: Candy Chang.
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When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building with chalkboard paint and the wrote the words, "Before I die, I want to -," she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon.  Read more...

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Praise for Candy Chang's "Before I Die" project: "Through a series of large-scale projects that combine installation art with social activism, Chang has encouraged people to engage with public spaces Read more...

 
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