In the midst of New Orleans still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, Candy Chang channelled her frustration and pain into building a wall. Unlike most walls, this one wasn't meant to keep people apart, but to bring them closer than ever.
Chang, an artist and designer known for thought-provoking, interactive installations, has been preoccupied with the idea of death since her mother passed away when she was 15. In 2011, Chang repurposed a wall of a dilapidated house to ask the simple question: What do you want to accomplish before you die?
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With the aid of some fellow artists and volunteers, she coated the wall with chalkboard paint. They neatly stenciled the words "Before I die I want to _______" in eight rows of 10, then bolted cups of chalk to the wall. Read more...
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