Koko Bayer + Chris Haven
Location: 1440 Pine St Boulder, CO 80302 (south alley of TGTHR)
This mural is activated in Augmented Reality! Download and open the Artivive app and capture the entire mural on your device’s camera to access the digital layer in person or on your computer screen.
This collaborative mural titled “A Peaceful Pride Protest” was inspired by a protest sign workshop hosted by the artists during the 2020 Street Wise Mural Festival.
Koko wheat-pasted a design based on Herbert Bayer's surrealist photomontage "In Search of Past Times" from 1959. She uses a rainbow of colors to highlight the human eyes imposed upon the aspen trees, creating a striking image that stops passers-by in their tracks.
Chris layered upon Koko's wheat pastes a series of his signature pyramid people with different personalities, identities, and characteristics each holding a pizza box protest sign. A few appear to come out of the opening doors of the building to join the protest.
During the 2022 festival, @yultek_ enhanced the mural by creating an augmented reality layer using @artiviveapp. The AR layer reveals the blinking of the aspen tree eyes and the pyramid people moving in and out of the door frames. Swipe to check out a video of the AR layer!
Thank you to Out Boulder and TGTHR (formerly Attention Homes) for hosting and sponsoring this mural project!
AR layer of mural
Koko bayer
@kokonofilter
"Artist Koko Bayer has blanketed the Denver metro area with temporary works featuring her grandfather Herbert Bayer’s world-renowned art. Koko lives and works in the RiNo Art District, and focuses on “wheatpasting”, a technique for temporarily attaching paper to walls. She emphasizes the nuance of temporary art structures, leveraging her late grandfather’s design components to create new works. Koko photographs her installations and re-pastes the images onto wood or other structures." (c/o RkyMtnWalls)
"She isn’t afraid to collaborate with other artists and she isn’t motivated by ego. Although her insistence on pasting her images up as frequently as possible falls in line with other famous wheatpasters, namely Shepard Fairey, and graffiti artists who want people to recognize their monikers simply by seeing them all the time, her motivation comes from somewhere else. Maybe it’s about identity, about creating a visible representation of her personality. As a transgender woman who transitioned less than a decade ago, Bayer understands the nuances of being someone and being that same someone to everyone else." (c/o 303 Magazine)
Chris Haven
@chrishaven
Chris Haven, born in Denver Co, began doing art at an early age and was inspired by his grandmother to draw. Later he was influenced by graffiti and street art to create a unique style of his own. His art ranges from spray painted murals, canvas, digital drawings and installations. He has worked with a variety of company's including Redbull, Adidas, Coors, Mountain Dew, T-Mobile, and other large and small businesses. His art work has been shown at various galleries and events such as Art Basel Miami and Artopia Denver. He currently is working to further his fine art canvas' and street murals. In addition to painting he also enjoys making hip hop music and skateboarding.
THANK YOU
to Attention Homes & Out Boulder for hosting and sponsoring this mural!
