Step: Ahead Step: Ahead, a project motivated to bring people together, reaches beyond just transferring information from point A to point B but works to connect people in New York City from all backgrounds and walks of life. By collecting their footprints and essentially their story, we are bringing together a larger picture of New York City pedestrians. We decided on Madison Square Park as our point of intervention. It represents the public spaces in Manhattan which are filled with people, yet still feel isolating to pedestrians. In this new and ever-growing digital world, people are constantly hooked to their “screens” and never give a second thought to who they are passing on the street. People are normally not talking to others in this area and we saw this as a site with great potential for connection. We constructed a mobile station which consists of a table, informational poster, ink pads, wipes, and sheets of 11X17 paper on which we collected our data. Upon set up, we brought people from around the site location to add their footprint to our collection by creating a fun and positive atmosphere (as well as promise of a free book). During the intervention the participants were invited to stamp their footprint onto a sheet of paper and write down where they are “from” and where they are “going.” Contributors were then given information about an online archive of all the footprints where they will be able to download a digital book of all the footprints at a later date.
001
Where are you from? // Samsara
Enlightenment \\ Where are you going?
002
Where are you from? // San Francisco
Everywhere \\ Where are you going?
003
Where are you from? // Algeria
New York \\ Where are you going?
004
Where are you from? // The bottom
To the top, yo! \\ Where are you going?
005
Where are you from? // New York
Home \\ Where are you going?
006
Where are you from? // Sydney, Australia
Cali: Colombia \\ Where are you going?
007
Where are you from? // Sydney
Colombia \\ Where are you going?
008
Where are you from? // Turkey
Macy’s \\ Where are you going?
009
Where are you from? // Abu Dhabi
Gramercy Tavern. \\ Where are you going?
010
Where are you from? // Moscow
Highline \\ Where are you going?
011
Where are you from? // Russia, Kazny 2014
This specific day \\ Where are you going?
012
Where are you from? // Qingdao, China
Mars \\ Where are you going?
013
Where are you from? // Native New Yorker U.W.S.
Home \\ Where are you going? here in Gramercy
014
Where are you from? // BrasĂlia, Brazil
Somewhere, \\ Where are you going? but not here.
015
Where are you from? // Boston
To the future \\ Where are you going?
016
Where are you from? // Iceland
Home! \\ Where are you going?
017
Where are you from? // New York
Anywhere awesome! \\ Where are you going?
018
Where are you from? // Singapore
Florida \\ Where are you going?
019
Where are you from? // California
New York University \\ Where are you going?
020
Where are you from? // Eastbourne, England
Macy’s \\ Where are you going?
021
Where are you from? // Sadness
Peace \\ Where are you going?
022
Where are you from? // Brooklyn
Soho \\ Where are you going?
023
Where are you from? // New York
Home for the Holidays \\ Where are you going?
024
Where are you from? // New York
Tampa, FL \\ Where are you going?
025
Where are you from? // OZ
The Moon \\ Where are you going?
026
Where are you from? // Chic-Ah-Go
LA \\ Where are you going?
027
Where are you from? // VA
NYC \\ Where are you going?
028
Where are you from? // ATL
NYC \\ Where are you going?
029
Where are you from? // Impruneta
Annapolis \\ Where are you going?
030
Where are you from? // Germany
Wherever the wind \\ Where are you going? will bring me :-)
031
Where are you from? // Earth
Nirvana \\ Where are you going?
032
Where are you from? // Germany
At home \\ Where are you going?
033
Where are you from? // Brooklyn
In a rush! \\ Where are you going?
034
Where are you from? // London
To a non-linear \\ Where are you going? interpretation
035
Where are you from? // Here
To there \\ Where are you going?
036
Where are you from? // My Heart.-
To embrace love for \\ Where are you going? the rest of this incarnation and more....
037
Where are you from? // London
Fate x x x \\ Where are you going?
038
Where are you from? // London
Ecstasy! \\ Where are you going?
039
Where are you from? // Swansea, Wales
Macy’s, NYC \\ Where are you going?
040
Where are you from? // California
Anywhere I want \\ Where are you going?
041
Where are you from? // Colorado
Forward \\ Where are you going?
042
Where are you from? // Spain
To the end of Holiday. \\ Where are you going?
043
Where are you from? // Karnevalshochburg, Cologne, Germany
Flying home for \\ Where are you going? Christmas
044
Where are you from? // East Village
Christmas shopping!! \\ Where are you going?
045
Where are you from? // The worst state in the Union
Anywhere else \\ Where are you going?
046
Where are you from? // The bottom
Here \\ Where are you going?
047
Where are you from? // The best state in the Union
To the top \\ Where are you going?
048
Where are you from? // BrasĂlia - DF
NYC \\ Where are you going?
049
Where are you from? // BrasĂlia - DF
NYC \\ Where are you going?
050
Where are you from? // Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Back home, \\ Where are you going? then the world
051
Where are you from? // Here
Home \\ Where are you going?
052
Where are you from? // Here
To my house \\ Where are you going?
053
Where are you from? // New York
The World \\ Where are you going?
054
Where are you from? // Long Island, NY
Shopping \\ Where are you going?
055
Where are you from? // Syracuse
Italy \\ Where are you going?
056
Where are you from? // East Village
Outer-Space \\ Where are you going?
057
Where are you from? // Ohio
A play \\ Where are you going?
058
Where are you from? // New York
To BMX dirt track \\ Where are you going?
059
Where are you from? // Manhattan
To a rainforest \\ Where are you going?
060
Where are you from? // Corpus Christi, TX
Home \\ Where are you going?
061
Where are you from? // Brooklyn
Find the lottery =) \\ Where are you going?
062
Where are you from? // Denmark
BCG office \\ Where are you going?
063
Where are you from? // Denmark
The office Park AVE \\ Where are you going?
064
Where are you from? // Itaqui - RS Brasil
Back \\ Where are you going?
065
Where are you from? // Croton New York
Yazone! \\ Where are you going?
066
Where are you from? // Scotland
Statue of Liberty \\ Where are you going?
067
Where are you from? // Scotland via Richmond, VA
Battery Park \\ Where are you going?
068
Where are you from? // Richmond, Virginia
Battery Park, NY \\ Where are you going?
069
Where are you from? // Glasgow, Scotland
Richmond, Virginia \\ Where are you going?
070
Where are you from? // England & Pennsylvania
Union Square \\ Where are you going?
071
Where are you from? // Chicago
Union Square =) \\ Where are you going?
072
Where are you from? // Providence, RI
Union Square! \\ Where are you going?
073
Where are you from? // Chapel Hill, NC
Home \\ Where are you going?
074
Where are you from? // Brasil
Deep Space \\ Where are you going?
075
Where are you from? // Brazil
Paris Fashion Week \\ Where are you going?
076
Where are you from? // NYC
NYC \\ Where are you going?
077
Where are you from? // New Jersey
Christmas Shopping \\ Where are you going?
078
Where are you from? // Wisconsin
Eataly w/ my girl =) \\ Where are you going?
079
Where are you from? // Sweden
To new goals \\ Where are you going?
080
Where are you from? // Guildford, UK.
Times Square \\ Where are you going?
081
Where are you from? // Guildford - UK.
Times Square. \\ Where are you going?
082
Where are you from? // Boston
The Grammy’s =) \\ Where are you going?
083
Where are you from? // Andover, MA
Soho \\ Where are you going?
084
Where are you from? // Out of the blue
Into the black \\ Where are you going?
085
Where are you from? // The basement
The attic \\ Where are you going?
086
Where are you from? // Leonia, NJ
Eataly \\ Where are you going?
087
Where are you from? // Queens, NY
Rockefeller Center \\ Where are you going?
088
Where are you from? // Queens, NY
Rockefeller Center. \\ Where are you going?
089
Where are you from? // Uptown
Downtown \\ Where are you going?
090
Where are you from? // Brooklyn (for real)
Lunch :) \\ Where are you going?
091
Where are you from? // Hong Kong
For good food \\ Where are you going?
092
Where are you from? // Michigan
For good food \\ Where are you going?
093
Where are you from? // Washington D.C.
Lunch on 5th Avenue \\ Where are you going?
094
Where are you from? // Eataly
Bryant Park \\ Where are you going?
095
Where are you from? // Sydney
Sydney \\ Where are you going?
096
Where are you from? // Florida
Sunny beach! \\ Where are you going?
097
Where are you from? // Florida
Somewhere warmer \\ Where are you going?
098
Where are you from? // New York
Sweetgreens \\ Where are you going?
099
Where are you from? // Chelsea
Sweetgreens \\ Where are you going?
100
Where are you from? // Brazil
Miami \\ Where are you going?
101
Where are you from? // Brooklyn
Tomorrow \\ Where are you going?
102
Where are you from? // New York
Peace\\ Where are you going?
103
Where are you from? // NYC
To get noodles \\ Where are you going?
104
Where are you from? // NYC
Everywhere \\ Where are you going?
105
Where are you from? // A small town
The big city \\ Where are you going?
106
Where are you from? // Kentucky
Astoria, Queens \\ Where are you going?
107
Where are you from? // Harwinton, CT
Times Square \\ Where are you going?
108
Where are you from? // Stratford, CT
Times Square \\ Where are you going?
109
Where are you from? // Italy
California \\ Where are you going?
110
Where are you from? // Chelsea
Mi Casa \\ Where are you going?
111
Where are you from? // Queens, NY
Going to eat at Eataly \\ Where are you going?
112
Where are you from? // Queens, NY :)
To eat at Eataly! \\ Where are you going?
113
Where are you from? // Queens
Nowhere \\ Where are you going?
114
Where are you from? // Gramercy
J Crew \\ Where are you going?
115
Where are you from? // Bushwick
Christmas Shopping! \\ Where are you going?
116
Where are you from? // New York
Lexington \\ Where are you going?
117
Where are you from? // New York City
Lego store! \\ Where are you going?
118
Where are you from? // Here
Already there \\ Where are you going?
119
Where are you from? // Catalonia
D.C. \\ Where are you going?
120
Where are you from? // Spain
Washington D.C. \\ Where are you going?
121
Where are you from? // Philly <3
Some place! \\ Where are you going?
122
Where are you from? // Canada
Canada \\ Where are you going?
123
Where are you from? // Brooklyn, NY
To the top \\ Where are you going?
124
Where are you from? // Playground
Nap time \\ Where are you going?
125
Where are you from? // Queens
Somewhere \\ Where are you going?
126
Where are you from? // L.A. California but a New Yorker since 1996
To Home Depot \\ Where are you going? - local shopping
127
Where are you from? // Denver, CO But lives in New York, NY
A big dog park \\ Where are you going?
128
Where are you from? // Born - Detroit, MI Lives - New York, NY
To a cool beach! \\ Where are you going? Keeping warm :)
Index
Where are you from? Where are you going?
001 Samsara; Enlightenment 002 San Francisco; Everywhere 003 Algeria; New York 004 The bottom; To the top, yo! 005 New York; Home 006 Sydney, Australia; Cali: Colombia 007 Sydney; Colombia 008 Turkey; Macy’s 009 Abu Dhabi; Gramercy Tavern. 010 Moscow; Highline 011 Russia, Kazny 2014; This specific day 012 Qingdao, China; Mars 013 Native New Yorker U.W.S.; Home, here in Gramercy 014 Brasília, Brazil; Somewhere, but not here. 015 Boston; To the future 016 Iceland; Home! 017 New York; Anywhere awesome! 018 Singapore; Florida 019 California; New York University 020 Eastbourne, England; Macy’s 021 Sadness; Peace
022 Brooklyn; Soho 023 New York; Home for the Holidays 024 New York; Tampa, FL 025 OZ; The Moon 026 Chic-Ah-Go; LA 027 VA; NYC 028 ATL; NYC 029 Impruneta; Annapolis 030 Germany; Wherever the wind will bring me. 031 Earth; Nirvana 032 Germany; At home 033 Brooklyn; In a rush! 034 London; To a non-linear interpretation 035 Here; To there 036 My heart; To embrace love for the rest of this incarnation and more… 037 London; Fate x x x 038 London; Ecstasy! 039 Swansea Wales; Macy’s, NYC 040 California; Anywhere I want
041 Colorado; Forward 042 Spain; To the end of Holiday. 043 Karnevalshochburg, Cologne, Germany; Flying home for Christmas 044 East Village; Christmas shopping!! 045 The worst state in the Union; Anywhere else 046 The bottom; Here 047 The best state in the Union; To the top 048 Brasília – DF; NYC 049 Brasília – DF; NYC 050 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Back home, then the World 051 Here; Home 052 Here; To my house 053 New York; The World 054 Long Island, NY; Shopping 055 Syracuse; Italy 056 East Village; Outer-space 057 Ohio; A play 058 New York; To BMX dirt track 059 Manhattan; To a rainforest 060 Corpus Christi, TX; Home 061 Brooklyn; Find the lottery =) 062 Denmark; BCG office
063 Denmark; The office Park AVE 064 Itaqui – RS Brasil; Back 065 Croton, New York; Yazone! 066 Scotland; Statue of Liberty 067 Scotland via Richmond, VA; Battery Park 068 Richmond, Virginia; Battery Park, NY 069 Glasgow, Scotland; Richmond, Virginia 070 England & Pennsylvania; Union Square 071 Chicago; Union Square =) 072 Providence, RI; Union Square! 073 Chapel Hill, NC; Home 074 Brasil; Deep Space 075 Brazil; Paris Fashion Week 076 NYC; NYC 077 New Jersey; Christmas Shopping 078 Wisconsin; Eatly w/ my girl =) 079 Sweden; To new goals 080 Guildford, U.K.; Times Square 081 Guildford – UK.; Times Square. 082 Boston; The Grammy’s =) 083 Andover, MA; Soho 084 Out of the blue; Into the black
085 The basement The attic 086 Leonia, NJ; Eataly 087 Queens, NY; Rockefeller Center 088 Queens, NY; Rockefeller Center 089 Uptown; Downtown 090 Brooklyn (for real); Lunch 091 Hong Kong; For good food 092 Michigan; For good food 093 Washington D.C.; Lunch on 5th Avenue 094 Eataly; Bryant Park 095 Sydney, ; Sydney 096 Florida; Sunny beach! 097 Florida; Somewhere warmer 098 New York; Sweetgreens 099 Chelsea; Sweetgreens 100 Brazil; Miami 101 Brooklyn; Tomorrow 102 New York; Peace 103 NYC; To get noodles 104 NYC; Everywhere 105 A small town; The big city 106 Kentucky; Astoria, Queens
107 Harwinton, CT; Times Square 108 Stratford, CT; Times Square 109 Italy; California 110 Chelsea; Mi Casa 111 Queens, NY; Going to eat at Eataly 112 Queens, NY; To eat at Eataly! 113 Queens; Nowhere 114 Gramercy; J Crew 115 Bushwick; Christmas Shopping! 116 New York; Lexington 117 New York City; Lego store! 118 Here; Already there 119 Catalonia; D.C. 120 Spain; Washington D.C. 121 Philly <3; Some place! 122 Canada; Canada 123 Brooklyn, NY; To the top 124 Playground; Nap time 125 Queens; Somewhere 126 L.A. California but a New Yorker since 1996; To Home Depot – local shopping 127 Denver, CO but lives in New York, NY; A big dog park 128 Born – Detroit, MI Lives – New York, NY To a cool beach! Keeping Warm.
Book designed by: Alyson Cardenas
Collab: Urban Interventions â&#x20AC;˘ Fall 2014 Mariana Netto, Domenica Gallinatti Jessica Soares, Alyson Cardenas Yifan Li, Vitor Meuren