Appleseed International
1999-2004
Appleseed International began Tuesday, October 19, 1999 in New York City’s Central Park. The travel project, Appleseed was a photo-based social experiment that included site visits to 40 cities. In Appleseed, 280 large format color transparency light boxes were produced and distributed to 20 U.S. and 20 international city parks for random passersby to find, keep, and respond to if they chose to do so.
Each artwork was placed in a democratic and unpremeditated manner in a public area for whomever to find. A letter written in the predominant local language, describing the project and inviting response accompanied each piece. The project's development was tracked through collecting the responses via traditional mail and online, creating maps, designing a project book and corresponding with finders. Appleseed International was designed to look at the function of a simple gesture in our rapidly changing world. A listing of included cities can be located after the presented images.
Appleseed International announcement (Russia and Scandinavia), 2004
Queen Wilhelmina Park, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2002
New York, New York, Drop Map, 2005
Esplanadi, Helsinki, Finland, 2004
Joliet, Illinois, Drop Map, 2005
City Center, Oakland, California, 2000
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Drop Map, 2005
Piazza Michelangelo, Florence, Italy, 2002
The Regent's Park, London, England, 2000
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Drop Map, 2005
Nashville, Tennessee, Drop Map, 2005
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Drop Map, 2005
Aleksandrovskiy Park, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2004
Appleseed International announcement card, 1999
Appleseed International announcement card, North America Closure, 2003
Appleseed Postcard (face and back sides), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001
Appleseed Image #235, 1999-2004
4 views of Appleseed #6, Central Park, New York, New York, 1999
Appleseed Image #186, 1999-2004
Finder Response from LAM, Central Park, New York, New York, 1999
Finder Response, Fort Myers, Florida, 2003
Appleseed Image #195, 1999-2004
Appleseed Art Drop in vicinity of Andersen’s Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004
Appleseed Art Drops, Ramada Inn, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003
Appleseed Art Drop, Major’s Hill Park, Toronto, Canada, 2002
Finder Response from Australian, Helsinki, Finland, 2004
Appleseed Image #271, 1999-2004
Appleseed Finder, Broad Ripple Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1999
Appleseed Image #213, 1999-2004
Appleseed Postcard to Michael Weinsten (face and back), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2000
Appleseed Image #263, 1999-2004
Appleseed Drops and Travel Items, Houten, the Netherlands, 2001
Appleseed Image #187, 1999-2004
Finder Response from F.F., Canada, 2002
Appleseed Image #188, 1999-2004
Europa West Appleseed International announcement (face and back sides), 2001
Appleseed Image #161, 1999-2004
Finder Response from D.Z., Cogollo Del Cengio, Italy, 2002
Appleseed Image #179, 1999-2004
Barrio de Pilsen Studio, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
Appleseed Image #197, 1999-2004
Appleseed International Drop Map, 1999-2004
The following is a list of cities visited for Appleseed International: New York, NY; Joliet, IL; Indianapolis, IN; London, England; Cambridge, England; Minneapolis, MN; Milwaukee, WI; Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Ann Arbor, MI; Detroit, MI; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Amsterdam, Holland; Utrecht, Holland; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; Edinburgh, Scotland; Manchester, England; Dublin, Ireland; Washington, DC; New Orleans, LA; Atlanta, GA; Las Vegas, NV; Legano, Switzerland; Venice, Italy; Florence, Italy; St. Louis, MO; Toronto, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Montreal, Canada; Fort Myers, FL; Vancouver, Canada; Anchorage, AK; Nashville, TN; St. Petersburg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Copenhagen, Denmark.