No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

'On' addresses and parodies the surveillance signage present in the South Side neighborhood surrounding Tessellate Gallery, and it meant to subvert the expectations of warning and crime prevention postings on private property.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Phrases are all pull quotes from articles about the redevelopment opportunities in Pontiac Michigan.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

The Indian Hill Company is one of the major redevelopment groups affecting Pontiac Michigan right now, and has taken on several projects in the downtown core. The numbers along the side corespond to their physical distance to Tessellate and the South Side neighborhood in Pontiac Michigan.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Vacancies is a series of playful signage addressing the semi-private, publicly-owned vacant lots, and presents alternative uses for these dormant grounds.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Vacancies is a series of playful signage addressing the semi-private, publicly-owned vacant lots, and presents alternative uses for these dormant grounds.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Vacancies is a series of playful signage addressing the semi-private, publicly-owned vacant lots, and presents alternative uses for these dormant grounds.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Vacancies is a series of playful signage addressing the semi-private, publicly-owned vacant lots, and presents alternative uses for these dormant grounds.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Vacancies is a series of playful signage addressing the semi-private, publicly-owned vacant lots, and presents alternative uses for these dormant grounds.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

In an effort put neighborhood security and safety in the hands of the home owners, the electrical company installed standard issue lamp posts on the front lawns of the houses all over the greater Detroit region. It was labeled as a Target Hardening strategy.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Another element of Target Hardening is the roll neighborhood watch, or Block Club, plays in crime prevention. The image of Boris, a logo of the program, was replicated in gloss white to be barely visible until you walk past.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Survey addresses the surveillance element of maintaining one's personal property. Sign text from left to right: Vantage Point, Piercing Gazes, Make Love to the Camera, Stand Up Straight and Face Forward, Now Entering The Frame, Work It 24-7, Look Out
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Survey addresses the surveillance element of maintaining one's personal property. Sign text from left to right: Vantage Point, Piercing Gazes, Make Love to the Camera, Stand Up Straight and Face Forward, Now Entering The Frame, Work It 24-7, Look Out
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

Survey addresses the surveillance element of maintaining one's personal property. Sign text from left to right: Vantage Point, Piercing Gazes, Make Love to the Camera, Stand Up Straight and Face Forward, Now Entering The Frame, Work It 24-7, Look Out
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

As the inaugural artist in residence, an effort was made to proclaim the site as occupied, after the property was vacant for several years prior.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.

As the inaugural artist in residence, an effort was made to proclaim the site as occupied, after the property was vacant for several years prior.
No Vacancy was created during a month long residency at Tessellate Gallery in Pontiac Michigan. The projects were spurred by conversations with neighborhood residents and community leaders, and long, plotted walks through the district, and used the voiceless objectivity of ubiquitous traffic signage to examine the power structures affecting change in Pontiac, in contrast to the attitudes and desires of the residents herein.