MAURICIO LOPEZ ARTblog

New website section in Spanish!

Mauricio Lopez — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:55:55 +0000

I’m pleased to inform you that my website has now a Spanish section. I guess if you’re reading this you may not need it! But you never know…and you can spread the word anyway. Just click on the ES (español) button. Once there, you can always go back to the English version by clicking the EN (English) button. You can also access it by using the following link:

http://www.mauriciolopez.info/es/pinturas/index.html

Enjoy your visit!

Mauricio

Nueva sección de mauriciolopez.info en español

Mauricio Lopez — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:49:00 +0000

Buenas noticias!!! Les cuento que ya está disponible mi sitio web en español. Ahora pueden visitar todas las páginas y encontrar la información de todas las obras y projectos en español. Simplemente hacen clic en el botón ES (español). Al estar allí el botón cambiará a EN (English) para regresar al sitio en inglés. También pueden accederlo usando este vínculo:

http://www.mauriciolopez.info/es/pinturas/index.html

Espero disfruten su visita!

Mauricio

Final Lines of Travel drawing has been posted!!!

Mauricio Lopez — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:42:10 +0000

Hi everybody,

The final Lines of Travel drawing depicting the commute of over 75 persons in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan is up on my website. Please see the Conflux page to see the different layers for the map, including the ‘old’ routes people use in their daily commute, the ‘new’ or proposed Lines of Travel suggested during the interviews, and the combination of the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ lines, with and without the city map.

For details of the process visit the Lines of Travel page in this blog.

Enjoy it!!!

Mauricio

We’re still working on the Lines of Travel drawing

Mauricio Lopez — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:58 +0000

Hello,

The response to Lines of Travel was so great, that we’re still processing information and haven’t been able to finish the drawing…but, we don’t want to keep it a mystery, so check out the Lines of Travel page to see an 85% progress drawing.

Thank you for your patience,

Mauricio

Finally a 25% progress Lines of Travel map has been posted

Mauricio Lopez — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:15:18 +0000

Hi everybody,

I’m very happy to tell you that the Lines of Travel digital map is shaping up with Jess’ help. The map is looking more and more interesting by the second. You can check the progress map by visiting the lines of travel – conflux blog page. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Mauricio

Rain date is today!!!!

Mauricio Lopez — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:48:16 +0000

Due to rain yesterday, we decided to cancel the interviewing process in the 4th location (4:30pm – 7:00pm), but we’re going out today to get more people involved…look for us around the West Village, no specific place today, we will just be wandering the streets of the neighborhood. Here are some images from the last 2 days of interviews with commuters…the ones that stopped for us of course. We notice that Lines of Travel has two components, one is people who stop and get the official map from us, and the others, are the ones that change their Line of Travel by avoiding us. Some people were bold enough to go across to the other sidewalk or walk 10 feet around us so we couldn’t stop them. Thank you to the ones who thought that an art project is worth 2 minutes of your day!!!

Judy did an amazing job stopping people and also fine tuning our tag lines. The final one was: ‘We’re working for an art project part of Conflux Festival…’

Thanks Judy for all your hard work, standing on the corners of the West Village all day, preparing press releases and making sure people knew what the project was about. Jen, you made the day with your charm! Jess, thanks for all your help with the graphics, photographs and interviews.

The final map will be posted by Sept. 22. Stay tune and see the progress of the Lines of Travel digital image.

www.confluxfestival.org

4th interviewing session cancelled due to weather forecast

Mauricio Lopez — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:20 +0000

Due to weather forecast, we have cancelled the fourth interviewing location this afternoon (corner of Bleecker Street and 8th Avenue – 9/12, 4:30-7:00pm). In exchange, the artist will extend the morning interviewing process into the early afternoon, and will be wandering around the West Village neighborhood.

We appologize for the inconvenience.

Lines of Travel

LINES OF TRAVEL is ON!!!

Mauricio Lopez — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:02 +0000

Lines of Travel started this morning on the first day of CONFLUX 2008. I was very excited to see how people were going to react when we stop them on the streets. Personally, I usually don’t stop for anybody because I always want to get to my destination. Thankfully West Village residents and commuters were more graceful and patient than me, and stop to find about the project.

A total of 15 persons got their own custom map and will be exploring the city. THANK YOU!!! for participating on this project.

It was interesting to see how people reacted to us, some didn’t acknowledge our present, some just say ’sorry’ or ‘no thanks’, or some just gave us dirty looks…it’s just understandable, they were commuting to work or school, and probably late. We were the last thing they wanted to find on the street. But, some had enough time to stop for a couple of minutes, get their maps and commit to a new route. I hope they follow through and discover the city. In the mean time, we’re preparing for the 2nd place this afternoon, Christopher St and 7th Ave. My forecast is pretty good for this area, Thursday and the bars are open! I expect to get busy drawing commutes by Sheridan Square. I should probably wear something more appropriate for the occasion, right?

Me, and my team of Travelers will be there this afternoon, and I hope you can join us and get your custom maps, otherwise check out the schedule because we’ll be out tomorrow as well.

See you,

Mauricio

I’m ready for CONFLUX

Mauricio Lopez — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:24:33 +0000

EXCITING NEWS!!!

Tomorrow is the beginning of CONFLUX 2008 in NYC. The Art and Technology festival has selected over 100 artist from over a dozen countries. My project Lines of Travel will be taking place in the West Village, here is the schedule and locations:

1 9/11 from 8:00 am-10:30 am: Corner of 6th Ave. and West 4th St

2 9/11 from 4:30 pm-7:00 pm: Corner of 7th Ave. and Christopher St

3 9/12 from 8:00 am-10:30 am: Corner of 7th Ave. and 13th St

4 9/12 from 4:30 pm-7:00 pm: Corner of 8th Ave and Bleecker St

Rain date:

9/13 9:00am – noon, around locations 1, 2, 3 or 4

To learn more about my project visit www.linesoftravel.com and the press release

To learn more about CONFLUX and all the activities for this weekend visit: www.confluxfestival.org

Conflux Festival 2008

Mauricio Lopez — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:47:03 +0000

Hi! Everybody,

There are exciting news… I will be participating in Conflux Festival in NYC from September 11-14 with my project Lines of Travel. I will update soon with the schedule and more details. In the mean time, check out their website: www.confluxfestival.org