Unboxed: Bestia Urbanis

I recently was given the opportunity to make some public art for my hometown Richmond, VA. The local free paper Style Weekly offered 10 local artists the chance to transform one of their old newspaper boxes into an interactive sculpture. While the boxes needed to stilll function, no other restrictions were made. In my case I created Bestia Urbanis (Urban Wildlife), by covering the entire box in black faux fur except for the panel on the door, which I painted with chalkboard paint. After adding a chalk drawn face, I left the following instructions inside, "Using the chalk and eraser below to remove any previous markings from the front of the door and give a new face to this endangered creature." The box hasn't been put in a public place yet, but I'm looking forward to documenting it in the wild...

Here's a video of the event where it was unveiled...