‘What Do You Have To Lose’ is a collaborative canvas time capsule initiated by Elisabeth Howland in 2006. Using collage and graffiti techniques, as well as traditional and non-traditional painting media, the project solicits the audience to directly interact with the canvas. Participants are encouraged to use the space for unregulated creative expression, as well as engage in respectful conversation with previous members of this visual community.

It is the dynamic nature of this project to constantly evolve, which has made a sister project out of its photographic and video documentation. While WDYHTL is generally an event-based installation, contributions are encouraged via postal mail or the web – photographs, magazine clippings, buttons – anything that is essentially two-dimensional and helps tell our story. Email contributions will be printed out and collaged on; all hard copies will be adhered onto the canvas as is.

Send submissions to: VIDABIERTA Re: WDYHTL 70 S. Winooski Av. #283 Burlington, VT 05401 email

 

 

Images by Elisabeth Howland