'''Object Orange''' (formerly '''Detroit. Demolition. Disneyland.'''<ref name=detroiter>[http://www.thedetroiter.com/nov05/disneydemolition.php ''The Detroiter'' article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208024544/http://www.thedetroiter.com/nov05/disneydemolition.php |date=2006-12-08 }}, based on an anonymous e-mail from the artists</ref>) is an artistic project in Detroit, Michigan which seeks to draw attention to dilapidated buildings by painting them orange.<ref name=good>[http://www.goodmagazine.com/issue001/Bright_Orange Good Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061203053823/http://www.goodmagazine.com/issue001/Bright_Orange |date=2006-12-03 }}, Issue 001</ref>
The project is composed of local artists, who go by their first names only (Christian, Jacques, Greg, Mike<ref>[http://www.glrc.org/transcript.php3?story_id=2911 Urban Blight Gets a Paint Job] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821200041/http://www.glrc.org/transcript.php3?story_id=2911 |date=2006-08-21 }}, Transcript from segment by the Great Lakes Radio Consortium on January 23, 2006</ref> and Andy<ref>[http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/detroits-object-orange-goes-national/ Object Orange Goes National] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704192948/http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/michigan/detroits-object-orange-goes-national/ |date=2008-07-04 }}, Article in Absolute Michigan on December 12, 2006</ref>) for fear of prosecution. James Canning, communications coordinator for the Mayor's office of Detroit, views the artists' actions as unlawful and vandalism, stating that any demolitions which took place following the project's painting expeditions have been coincidental.<ref name=npr>Interview on NPR's ''Day to Day'' program, December 7, 2006</ref>
The artists chose the color "Tiggerific Orange<ref>[http://disney.go.com/disneyhome/disneypaints.html Disney paint catalog]</ref>" from the Disney paint catalog by Behr<ref name=detroiter /> for its similarity to traffic cones and the safety orange worn by hunters.<ref name=npr />
==See also== * urban decay * protest art
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==External links== * http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20060515/orange-alert
Category:Public art in the United States Category:Culture of Detroit Category:Political art in the United States
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