September 13, 2018
“YOU ARE HERE”
by Phil Rowland
In April, 2017 Oakley, Cincinnati resident Phil Rowland received a People’s Liberty grant to create an immersive hand-drawn map encompassing 20 square miles of the Cincinnati area. @CincyRefined reports the idea of his You Are Here project was “to do everything in black and white, then invite people to interact with the art by coloring the empty spaces,” and over 6 weeks people of all ages showed up to color the floors and walls of the @PeoplesLiberty space. Rowland followed up on the positive response by making You Are Here mobile and a few months later across the river in Kentucky he partnered with @Renaissance_Covington to create this map on W 8th St. Created over the course of a cold, gray week Rowland included a nod to the intent of the original with his use of color and paint-spattered children. @youareherecincinnati/ @streetartcities
https://cincinnati.streetartcities.com/
