We Will Imagine

We Will Imagine from Ben Gaydos on Vimeo.

A little stop motion video of the installing the commissioned work “We Will Imagine Parts 1+2”. Part 1 took us 100+ man hours alone, and we are greatly indebted to the kind souls who lent their time, hands and enthusiasm: Namita, Joana, Cory, Elana, Julia, Elaine, Demetri, Jess, Tyler, Zeke, Phoebe, Chris, Gerald, Marc and Yasmine.

We Will Imagine will be up through the end of November. Check it out!

We Will Imagine: Interview with artists: goodgood and Matthew Shanley

Check out FPAC interview with Fort Point artists: goodgood (Karen Stein + Ben Gaydos) and Matthew Shanley. Their temporary public art work, "We Will Imagine" will be installed this October for Open Studios.

FPAC: How did you decide to apply to the FPAC public art works call for artists? Have you done other public art projects before?

KBM: We all live and/or spend large amounts of time in the Fort Point area, engaging daily with its beauty and imperfections. It felt natural to want to make a mark on these surfaces. These two locations in particular seemed both crucially important to daily life, yet also lacking in brightness and spirit. We wanted to draw them out from their current existence, inviting people to see them for what they are and what they could be. By extension, we examine the entire neighborhood—what it is and what it could be.

The goodgood part of the crew (Karen and Ben) created a lighting installation on Congress Street this past winter for FPAC’s Winter Solstice series.

FPAC: What was the inspiration for your public art project?

Make that one whole cafe, to go

goodgood's collaboration with Equal Exchange and Medtro Pedal Power gets some great press in the Globe!

By Sarah Mupo Globe Correspondent / September 22, 2010

Equal Exchange is giving to-go coffee a new meaning.

The West Bridgewater company, which focuses on sustainability and green business practices, is taking its fair-trade coffee to the streets in the form of free-range cafes. This month, you’ll be seeing three-wheeled, mobile coffee trikes popping up around the city.

Equal Exchange cafe developer Meghan Hubbs proposed the coffee trike concept earlier this year, in an effort to reemphasize the company’s local image while changing Boston’s coffee culture. The trikes are the first of their kind in New England. Similar ventures have been introduced in New York; Colorado; Portland, Ore.; London; and Copenhagen.

The trikes have a tactical advantage over traditional carts, Hubbs says, because they can move without the help of another vehicle. But the company’s most important innovation may be more intangible. “The other thing was to create a very intimate connection between consumer and barista,’’ she says. The direct contact will give coffee buyers a greater understanding of where their brew comes from.

Word Play Exhibition Catalogue

Word Play Exhibition Catalogue

Catalogue for the exhibition, "Word Play". With an essay by Tim Lane, work from 30 artists and designers, and documentation from the openings at Scene Metrospace (East Lansing), Gallery 5 (Richmond), and Art at 12 (Boston). Design and curation by goodgood. Paperback, 188 pages.

See more photos here.

Pick up a copy through Lulu: http://bit.ly/bTBa7b

goodgood review in Boston Globe

Read the recent review of goodgood's public light installation, WinterHue:

Illuminating the Winter Nights

“Hypnotic, too, is “Winter Hue,’’ a project by the artist duo of Ben Gaydos and Karen Stein, known as goodgood, and Colin Owens of Owens Design. The understated banner of softly glowing lights made up of 36 LED light modules in a stack of windows at the corner of 368 Congress St. segues through a rainbow of colors.’’




About the project:
WinterHue IV is an installation composed of 38 LED light modules illuminating a series of windows at the corner edge of 368 Congress Street. The installation creates an immersive experience of color and light that transforms the building into an aesthetic experience in celebration of the winter solstice.

The installation will be on view until February 28th. Come check it out!