Axis Alley seeks through creative engagement to utilize the backyards of vacant properties and vacant lots as a  canvas for creative works that transform, activate and revitalize the overlooked, under-attended areas of Baltimore’s back alleys. In neighborhoods where the vacancy rate of properties runs high, the alley seems to become the indicator of urban difficulties…trash, rats, homeless people, prostitution and drugs. These somewhat forbidding alleys (dark and unlit at night),while speaking of endemic problems in the city, possess a certain toxic beauty and  provide a fascinating possibility of urban intervention and creative gesture.

Those familiar with the Baltimore Design Conversations might remember her presentation about the alley at Design Convo #4: VACANT, and we got an update on the project at (appropriately enough) Design Convo #9: PROJECTS.

deadline:august 14

All spaces are not yet utilized(especially the vacant lot), so proposals are still being accepted. email axisalley@hotmail.com

See the complete call at the project’s blog here: Axis Alley

… and follow along with the project’s flickr pool here: link