The Flood Project 10 Years Later

VISION: The bARTer collective believes in reImagining the contemporary notion of exchange of currency for product or service. our action-based inquiries originate in a belief of every human needs to be actively creative and actively involved in their community.

MANIFESTO: The bARTer collective is a collective of artists, designers, educators, thought provokers, dreamers, service workers, and citizens who host a mobile exchange space. we trade ___________ for _____________. once we fill in the blankety blanks, we adapt our systemic platform to suit each happening.
The bARTer collective believes in reImagining the contemporary notion of exchange of currency for product or service. our action-based inquiries originate in a belief of every human needs to be actively creative and actively involved in their community.

Our motivation is driven by citizenship and the need to vitalize and contribute to our local community. our approach is to create dynamic situations that present alternative means of exchange where active creation gives way to goods and services. We would gladly trade the mass produced for blowing kisses and hand written notes.

dialogue + creative voice + action + social change = bARTer.

The Flood Project 10 Years Later

Ten years after the flood, we went back into the community to see how people were reflecting on the floods after rebuilding and resettling. The Flood Project was initiated as in 2013 after the devastating floods wiped out communities and left disrepair just a year after fires spread through the mountains in the foothills. The bARTer collective was invited into a series of temporary public art projects commissioned by BMoCA and the City of Boulder as a catalyst for community healing after the 2013 Colorado Floods. We went to communities across the front range and asked have you been effected by the flood? We focused in the prompt on recipes – asking people for recipes as an icebreaker, this led to food stories and meals that happened during the days people were stranded during the days of the floods. Throughout the year, people shared their stories and experiences about themselves and their neighbors during the disaster and afterwards.