12:34am June 9, 2012

➸ Before I Die & Candy Chang

“It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget what really matters to you. With help from old and new friends, Candy turned the side of an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into a giant chalkboard where people can write on the wall and remember what is important to them. Before I Die is a public art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space. Painted with chalkboard paint and stenciled with the sentence “Before I die I want to _______”, the wall turned a neglected space into a constructive one where we can restore perspective and understand our neighbors in new and enlightening ways. It’s a question that changed Candy after she lost someone she loved very much.”

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