NicolasMonteroArt

1. Viral Interventions: Read

2. Viral Interventions: Identify

3. Viral Interventions: Compose

4. Viral Interventions: Present (Final)

5. Viral Interventions: Barbara Kruger QCQ

6. Viral Interventions: Propose

7. Viral Interventions: Final Proposal

8. Viral Interventions: Tasks

9. Viral Intervention: Timeline

10. Viral Intervention: Budget

11. Viral Intervention: Process

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Final Presentation Summary:

In response to ongoing issues surrounding immigration and citizenship, our art project seeks to reclaim space and visibility for the Latino community in Miami through the powerful phrase: “A united generation born of immigration.” This phrase is meant to show pride in our roots and bring people together, especially during times when immigrants are being targeted. Miami is not only a hub for Latin American cultures but also a global capital of modern street art. In neighborhoods like Kendall, local artists such as Zeflorist have used public surfaces and USPS stickers to spread vibrant, meaningful imagery. Inspired by this practice, our group will adopt sticker slapping as our method of expression, choosing the USPS label as both a literal and symbolic canvas. The postal sticker, already deeply tied to ideas of movement, delivery, and identity, becomes a metaphor for migration and the spread of our message. We will handwrite or design the phrase onto USPS stickers and place them across various public surfaces around Miami on signs, poles, benches, and mailboxes making our message visible and accessible to everyday people in their own neighborhoods. To further share our message, we will create both an Instagram page and a website to showcase the photos we’ve taken, offering a visual representation of our theme.

Why Sticker Slapping?

Sticker slapping is democratic, low-cost, and widely used in street art. It allows for rapid and widespread dissemination of ideas, and its accessibility ensures that voices often silenced in mainstream spaces can still be seen and heard.

Documentation Method:

We will photograph and video-record each sticker’s placement to document how our message moves through Miami. These images will be edited into a dynamic GIF/video compilation that captures the repetition, spread, and accessibility of this medium. The final compilation will act both as an art piece and a digital archive of community visibility.

Final Presentation Will Include:

• A brief artist statement explaining the message and medium

• Photos and video clips of the stickers in different Miami locations

• A compiled GIF/video montage showing the spread and ease of sticker slapping

• An instagram and website

• Reflections on public reaction (if applicable) and the symbolism behind sticker placement

Purpose & Impact:

“A united generation born of immigration.”

Proposal 1:

We can create a tree sculpture using an actual tree and have small flags placed on its branches and roots representing the movement and connection of different cultures. The flags will show how cultures spread and blend around the world, celebrating the shared experiences of immigration and the unity that comes from diversity, while the base of the tree represents the foundation of unity and connection.

Proposal 2:

In light of recent events targeting immigrants and their citizen status, our group found it was important to create a phrase that unites the Latino community. Within Miami there are many Latinos, and coincidentally Miami also has it's own reputation for being the capital of modern street art. In Kendall we even have our own street artist Zeflorist (flower graffiti on postal) which is where I derived the inspiration for having our method of conveyance be through USPS sticker slapping. We would write our phrase on these stickers and slap them on a variety of different places to have our phrase be accessible to the Miami community. For documentation, pictures will be taken of where our stickers are and will then be edited into a gif/video compilation to convey how sticker slapping is accessible and easy.

Proposal 3:

Method of Conveyance- Giving out bracelets and post it notes with our sentence

Sentence- "A united generation born of immigration"

Miami being an area that a large amount of immigrants reside in, especially from the Latino community; this makes our phrase very relatable to most residents here. I wanted to express our phrase in a simple manner that most people would not mind receiving, hence why I thought of giving out rubber bracelets. On top of giving out rubber bracelets, I also want to place post it notes with our phrase in public areas. This can include placing them on public signs or walls near busy areas. We can have a stand giving them out and walk around places like Wynwood handing out the bracelets. To document this process we will record ourselves giving out these bracelets and take pictures of the areas we place the post it notes.

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Quote: "I think the availability of my work was important to me, because I was that viewer who didn't understand..."

Comment: This quote resonated with me because whenever I visit any sort of art gallery I always feel overwhelmed. Usually most art pieces are supposed to have a hidden meaning to it or a very subtle meaning. I always felt that I could not understand those the true meaning of the art I was looking at and always took it in as its literal representation. I always believed that art was presented in museums exclusively and that they needed to contain some crazy abstract meaning behind them. This video helped me realize that's not the case and that art can be shown in public for everyone to see and that gives me more confidence to go out into the world so I can show and demonstrate my own ideas.

This is the article I picked for the group assignment:

1. Pen No Paper: Alternate Surfaces (Final)

2. Camo Box: 10 In Between Surfaces (Research)

3. Camo Box: In Between Surfaces (Process)

4. Camo Box: In Between Surfaces (Final)

5. Museum Surfaces (Compare and Contrast)

6. Everyday Monuments: Objects and Surfaces GIFS (Research)

7. Everyday Monuments: Objects and Surfaces (Process)

8. Everyday Monuments: Objects and Surfaces (Final)

9. Everyday Monuments: Objects and Surfaces (Variable Arrangements)

10. Odd Names: Colors as Brands as Surfaces (QCQ)

11. Odd Names: Colors as Brands as Surfaces (Swatch)

12. Odd Names: Colors as Brands as Surfaces (Brand) 

13. Interactions: Color, Space, Perception, Surfaces (Research)