Pull-Tab Alley, 2018
What items might people sell or seek in future informal economies?
For years, urbanites have co-opted public surfaces as unsanctioned message boards by posting pull-tab ads selling or seeking various things. On the evening of July 29th, 2018 we transformed Cortlandt Alley into an analog messaging board from the future, covered in pull-tab postings that depict artifacts from hypothetical futures.
The public was invited to create fictional pull-tab advertisements using a custom futuring process, and then leave their vision on the walls of Cortlandt Alley. Mmuseumm’s exhibitions of sociological objects, offered inspiration for stories behind the objects envisioned. The original plan was for Extrapolation Factory staff to select several pull-tab depictions for 3-D printing and donation to the Mmuseumm collection.
For years, urbanites have co-opted public surfaces as unsanctioned message boards by posting pull-tab ads selling or seeking various things. On the evening of July 29th, 2018 we transformed Cortlandt Alley into an analog messaging board from the future, covered in pull-tab postings that depict artifacts from hypothetical futures.
The public was invited to create fictional pull-tab advertisements using a custom futuring process, and then leave their vision on the walls of Cortlandt Alley. Mmuseumm’s exhibitions of sociological objects, offered inspiration for stories behind the objects envisioned. The original plan was for Extrapolation Factory staff to select several pull-tab depictions for 3-D printing and donation to the Mmuseumm collection.
Exhibitions & related material
Articles, publications & talks
- Design Week 2019 — AmplifiedAmplified, Design Week Portland 2019. Account of an activity inspired by Pull-tab Alley.