Artist Builds Installations in Big-Box Stores Without Permission • Discoverology

Artist Builds Installations in Big-Box Stores Without Permission

Mass is a site specific installation project by Carson Davis Brown about creating visual disruptions in places of mass. At an intersection between Street Art and Land Art, installations are made without permission, using found materials within the retail landscape.

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