Gallereo Gets a Shout Out in Times Square, New York!
Wednesday 02nd February 2011
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As a quick recap on the project; 22-year old Bruns has his heart set on transforming Times Square, New York, into a display of artwork, rather than billboard advertising, for just one day. Bruns hopes to be able to raise enough momentum to get people behind the idea so that, in Autumn 2012, Times Square really does transform into a giant gallery space, without anyone having to fork out the $24 million required to actually rent the entire space for a single day.
Despite having no intention of raising $24 million dollars in order to rent the space, TS2AS does need some money to start putting marking materials together and to build a campaign to raise awareness of the project.
TS2AS set out to raise $10,000 on creative funding site Kickstarter, and 184 backers later (of which Gallereo was one), they managed to pull together $10,575 in funds to allow the project to move a step closer to becoming a reality.
Today, TS2AS gave back to everyone who supported them on Kickstarter, by doing a shout out in, you guessed it, Times Square New York. Take a look at the video below to find out who else backed the Times Square to Art Square project.
Posted on February 02nd 2011 on 06:03pm
