Graphically representing three definitions of the word chance.
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Archive for the EXPLORATIONS Category
Lotto Cards
Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags business cards, chance, Lottery, Lucky Numbers, Mega Millions, Money, New York Lottery, NYC, Random, Random Numbers, Sweet Millions on November 8, 2009 by Chris
500 cards—each completely unique—with possible winning numbers for three popular New York Lottery games.
Are you here because you found one of these cards? Did you play any of the numbers? Were you a winner?
I would love to know how your numbers fared for you, where you found the card, or what you think of all of this. Feel welcome to leave a comment, and check back often to see what is new on the site.
Why do this? I wanted to bring a new audience to the site, but I wanted to find an unconventional way of going about it. The challenges to me were; to bring curious people in to the site that were open to the idea of chance as an influence in their own life (as well as finding a group outside of art/design community) and also to not just advertise or litter the city with these cards, but give something that could potentially be of value to the viewer if they act on it.
Future Poster
Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags Death Lottery, Future, Poster, Reality Television, The Hockey News on October 5, 2009 by ChrisIn 2036, reality entertainment has reached its pinnacle moment. Pushed into unknown markets, a new idea has developed: Death Lottery. People play for a chance to die—streaming live on the internets. The media coverage will be sure to make them a star, but is it worth it?
Taking inspiration from 20th century sporting event posters, this tongue-in-cheek message was intended to inform a viewer in the future about an aspect of my topic (chance). In this case lottery and chance based games—taken to extremes. As instructed, this poster was made using only this copy of The Hockey News.
Weird huh?
Blue Dots, Arranged According to the Laws of Chance
Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags Blue Dots, chance on September 27, 2009 by Chris
#1 (17 Chips); #2 (14 Chips); #3 (12 Chips); #4 (18 Chips); #5 (11 Chips)
Five Posters. 18″x24″ each. Shown chronologically, from left to right.
Process: Each poster was created by dropping twenty plastic chips, each 1.5in onto paper. The Paper was dusted with spraypaint to record where the chips fell. If any of the Chips fell off the paper, they were not recorded. Using the sprayed paper as a template, blue translucent vinyl dots were placed on the final papers.
Serial Numbers
Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags chance, Dollar Bill, Isolation, Money, Random Numbers on September 25, 2009 by ChrisThese are the serial numbers from five U.S. Dollar Bills (chosen without consideration from my wallet), isolated under plexiglas. 
Five Business Cards
Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags business cards, chance on September 25, 2009 by ChrisWhen asked to gather five items that communicate chance in 30 minutes, I circled the block gathering the first five business cards I could find. They are shown here in the order I found them, clockwise from top. Where I was, which shops were open, and even which shops were out of business cards.
