lightblueline

donatello executed an equestrian statue of a warlord in the pose of an emperor as a statement of social truth circa 1450 ad

likewise was his his statue of mary magdelene an observation of social reality regarding the corruption of the church in the latter half of the fifteenth century

public art in literate society often cuts against status quo perceptions in order to promote social contextual awareness

the case could be made that all art be it a product of pre literate literate or post literate culture is about and oriented towards survival

The Daily Sound, Santa Barbara's new daily newspaper, covered the lightblueline project in a front page story today. Reporter Eric Lindberg was the first to break the news that the project will not cost the City of Santa Barbara a single penny, removing a complaint that some had raised about the effort, even though the total City budget was only $12000, a small portion of the total amount being raised locally or provided by volunteers.

In today's (August 2) Santa Barbara Independent, columnist Nick Welsh takes on the News Press frenzy about lightblueline.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE: Light Blue Dog

Here are some excerpts from the piece:

It's Sunday... we had a great meeting yesterday, with several new people showing up to learn about lightblueline and climate change. We are putting together the community-led teams of volunteers for the day and for the ongoing outreach effort.

Saturday August 11 at Six PM.

We will be meeting to discuss the proposed action day: "Drawing the Line Against Climate Change."

Here is a description of the CLUBHOUSE

As we head into the action in a couple months, I'm going to blog the process as a part of the educational model this action is building for similar actions in other cities. By recording the meetings and the technical and practical details of getting the line on the street here, we hope to make it easier for people in other cities to mark their own environment's vulnerability to climate change.

On July 4, the Santa Barbara Sound covered the Santa Barbara City Council approval of the lightblueline project.

Eric Lindberg wrote the following: Council approves "Lightblueline" project

You can follow the link above to the Santa Barbara Sound website or read the blog below:
"A public art project depicting the potential effects of climate change on Santa Barbara’s coastline received a vote of support from Santa Barbara City Council yesterday.

Today's (July 3) Santa Barbara Sound also covers the City Council meeting.

See the page image...

In today's (Monday, July 2) edition of the Santa Barbara Newsroom, Melissa Evans covers tomorrow's Santa Barbara City Council vote on the lightblueline action.

You can read the original here:
Council To Consider Visual Markers of Climate Change

Below is the text of the article:

In today's Independent, Nick Welsh covers the anticipated City Council vote next week:

In Sunday's New York Times (June 16, 2007, Art & Design Section) Randy Kennedy wrote about Eve Mosher's efforts to "draw the line" in NYC.

Eve is the creative force behind HighWaterLine. In partnership with the Canary Project (which is also partnering with lightblueline on the Santa Barbara City Hall exhibit), Eve is out in the streets of New York, chalking the 10 foot elevation line as this runs through the buroughs.