EBOOK Love Letter to the City

Stretched across city walls and along rooftops, Stephen Powers's colorful large-scale murals sneak up on you. "e;Open your eyes / I see the sunrise,"e; "e;If you were here I'd be home,"e; "e;Forever begins when you say yes."e; What at first looks like nothing as much as an advertisement suddenly becomes something grander and more mysteriousa hand-painted love letter at billboard size. Combining community activism and public art, Powers and his team of sign mechanics collaborate with a neighborhood's residents to create visual jingles sincere and often poignant affirmations and confessions that reflect the collective hopes and dreams of the host community. A Love Letter to the City gathers the artist's powerful public art project for the first time, including murals on the walls and rooftops of Brooklyn and Syracuse, New York; Philadelphia; Dublin and Belfast, Ireland; So Paolo, Brazil, and Johannesburg, South Africa.