pink: a (love) courier service, austin, TX; portland, or; and chicago, IL (2006-2009)
(Above) Dustin Wills as Nancy, receptionist extraordinaire for pink: a (love) courier service during pink [unplugged] at Austin City Hall (2009), commissioned by Art Alliance Austin for Art City Austin, co-produced by Fusebox Festival. (Below) Excerpt from Wes Browning’s short documentary film about the project, Love Delivered, during its 2008 tour to Chicago.
Creator/Director/Performer
“Wacky and wonderous.”—The Portland Oregonian
A real-live courier service meets site-specific performance installation. A vacant storefront was transformed into a Love Factory site, open to the public for the purpose of composing love notes to strangers and loved ones. Messages were sorted and bottled on an assembly line, affixed with hand-stitched monogrammed tags, and delivered by bicycle throughout the city. Recipients were invited to the factory to send another note. Over the course of several weeks, thousands of notes were distributed throughout Austin, Portland, and Chicago.
Commissioned by First Night Austin (2006). Underwritten by the Still Water Foundation. Presented in collaboration with Pedalpalooza bicycle festival, Portland (2007) and the Near Northwest Arts Council at St. Paul's Cathedral, Chicago (2008).
Commissioned by Art Alliance Austin as part of Art City Austin as pink [unplugged] (2009). Performed on the steps of Austin City Hall, with all technology (lights, sound, computers) powered by bicycle. A collaboration with Sachi DeCou/Austin Bike Zoo. Co-produced by Fusebox Festival.
Featured in the Austin American Statesman, Austin NPR, Texas Monthly Magazine, the Portland Oregeonian, Portland NPR, Time Out Chicago, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, and NBC Chicago. Subject of the documentary film, Love Delivered by Wes Browning/SEMA Films (2010).