Mark Brest van Kempen is calling attention to the creek running underneath our feet.

Working with the Seattle Parks department from 2000-2007, Brest van Kempen designed a multi-component public art project tracing the historical and present-day path of Ravenna Creek under the city streets.

For decades, Ravenna Creek was diverted into the city’s sewer system. Community efforts eventually motivated funding to restore the creek to its natural path in 2006. Through the use of signage, viewing stations and conceptual pieces, Brest van Kempen draws focus to the revitalized creek, now largely underground.

For more of Mark Brest van Kempen’s work, visit his site.

Martin Sobey is creating art in unexpected places. A New York-based street artist with a background in photography, Sobey heals concrete imperfections with abstract photo collages. The temporary, site-specific pieces focus on sidewalk cracks, construction sites & drain pipes, bringing new life to otherwise forgotten details of Sobey’s daily environments.

The majority of our favorite pieces, above, reveal hidden worlds rising up from the pavement. We can almost imagine hopping off that curb, anticipating heat from the lava beneath us.

To see more of Sobey’s work, visit his photo blog.

(via The Wooster Collective)

Check out EyeWriter, a custom eye tracking software that allows graffiti writers and artists with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) to draw using only their eyes. The above video centers around Tony Quan (AKA Temp One), a street artist who continues to produce work using the EyeWriter device despite his paralysis. In addition to gallery shows, Quan’s new works are projected onto buildings and other outdoor spaces, creating temporary large scale public art.

Quan’s tags. his work with the EyeWriter is shown at right.

The EyeWriter site offers step by step instructions on how to inexpensively make your own.

To see more of Quan’s work & read his words, go here.

(via GOOD)