Interview with David Csicsko, the Redline Belmont stop artist
Posted: December 29, 2009 Filed under: Chicago | Tags: Albuquerque New Mexico, Artist, Arts, Belmont Redline, blue line, CTA, Daivd Csicsko, mosaic, mural, New Mexico, new york city, Paris, Red Line, renovation, Rome New York, Train station, train station art 2 Comments »
photos via David Csicsko
As most of you Redline Belmont stop users already know, the Belmont Redline train station has a new detailed mosaic. If the artwork looks similar to the old mural, it is because it is done by the same artist, David Csicsko. I met with Csicsko (the Hungarian pronounciation is “cheech- ko”) a couple of days before the installation was complete.
Apple to clean up Chicago el station
Posted: December 4, 2009 Filed under: Business, Chicago | Tags: Advertising, Apple, Chicago Transit Authority, Coca-Cola, CTA, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North/Clybourn, Red Line Leave a comment »
Image via Wikipedia
It is official. Apple will renovate the North/Clybourn Red Line Stop.
Under the CTA-Apple agreement, Apple is paying to renovate the station exterior, interior and platforms for no more than $3.9 million. The work on this station likely would be completed by Sept. 30, 2010, under the deal, which is “now in the signature process,” according to the CTA.
via Adopt my stop! Apple teams up with CTA to revamp North/Clybourn. What’s next? – RedEye.
What I want to know is: Is it possible to ban large companies from advertising in public spaces? If this is not possible, maybe a ban on “visual pollution”- the ads have to have artistic merit, reviewed by the populace. What kind of world would we live in if the only way large corporations could keep themselves in the public eye was to do public works? Future headlines (if I were The Benevolent Dictator): “Target provides employment and housing for homeless family”, “T- Mobile buys 100 computers for inner city school” or “Coca-Cola cleans up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch“. Would there be a downside to this?
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