The Last Billboard

Coordinates: 40°27′37″N 79°55′31″W / 40.46038°N 79.92516°W / 40.46038; -79.92516

The Last Billboard is a public art billboard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The art piece consists of a 12-feet-by-36-feet steel frame billboard on which letters can be arranged.[1] Each month, artists are solicited to place a message on the billboard. It is curated by Jon Rubin. The billboard is located at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Baum Boulevard in the East Liberty neighborhood, above what was originally the building for Waffle Shop: A Reality Show, a restaurant that was also conceptualized by Jon Rubin.

Schedule of guest artists

2013

Month(s) Artist Message
January Packard Jennings these words hold / no power over you
March Michael Crowe intellect versus emotion / intellect wins / emotion starts crying
May Anthony Discenza think game of thrones / meets okcupid meets car / talk meets gertrude stein / meet duran duran
June Maude Liotta questions for my new blog: / who invented tape, / how were feelings discovered, / when did "skinny" become / fashionable.
July Nina Katchadourian the person standing / beside you, point at this / billboard, has brought you / here because it was too hard / to say "I am sorry" out loud.
August Marc Horowitz ? / (323) 541 6361
November Joshua Beckman poem 206 427 7792

2014

Months Author Message
January Matt Shain photo / food / beauty / liquor / rx
April Charlie Humphrey i wonder some days / if facebook isn't a broad / all encompassing / cry for help
May Adam Frelin let's put loudspeakers / on the roofs of hospitals // let's announce births / and deaths as they occur
June Lenka Clayton think about / all the hours / forgotten plays / were rehearsed
September The Janks Archive you're so ugly that / you should be in a / museum of modern art
December Jason Fulford S A T O R / A R E P O / T E N E T / O P E R A / R O T A

2015

Months Artist Message
January - March Kim Beck today only / last chance! final day! / nothing held back / closing forever!
April Sarah Keeling ford & daughter / used tires / 704-370-3793 (varied by day)
May Pablo Helguera anulala a la luna
June Milena Bonilla the whole town's sleeping
July Paul Ramirez Jonas a i a / sky you sea / cloud crowd brook / hilltop company rivulet / highpoint multitude tributary
August Taylor Shields spry texts keep ducking up / ducking / duck / duck / nevermind
October Jonn Herschend close your eyes / and imagine that / i'm dancing so crazy fast

References

  1. ↑ Riely, Kaitlynn. "East Liberty's Waffle Shop has the writings on the board". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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