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\"Tattoo\"LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014The Lexington Tattoo Project brought together a diverse community: grandmothers, parents, tattoo aficionados, tattoo newbies, bikers, poets. On Friday, Nov. 15, the tattoo designs themselves will be brought together to reveal a hidden image\u2014inked on a well-known Lexingtonian.\n<\/p>\n

\nJust who that is will remain a mystery until he or she pulls up to the unveiling party at Buster\u2019s Billiards & Backroom on Manchester Street that night\u2026in a Ferrari.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe project was dreamed up by Transylvania professors Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova, a creative team that engages the community in unusual ways.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor this work, a word or words from Transylvania alumna Bianca Spriggs\u2019 poem \u201cThe __________ of the Universe: A Love Story\u201d<\/a> was tattooed on 252 people who call Lexington home.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe privately funded project garnered a surprising amount of attention earlier this year, including a CNN feature<\/a>. \u201cIt became much bigger, much faster than what we had anticipated,\u201d Todorova said.\n<\/p>\n

\nLike a sailor\u2019s \u201cMom\u201d tattoo, this skin art is a mark of affection. \u201cWe asked Bianca to write the poem as a love letter to Lexington,\u201d explained Todorova. And the stories of those who volunteered to get tattooed\u2014whether Lexington natives or newcomers\u2014without fail reference a fondness for the city, in all its beauty and its shortcomings.\n<\/p>\n

\nMany of the poem\u2019s words and phrases came from responses gathered from Facebook and Twitter requests to fill in the blank of the poem\u2019s title. Phrases include \u201cCandy Heart,\u201d \u201cUnderrated Wine,\u201d \u201cRoadside Attraction\u201d and \u201cArmpit.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe all wrote this poem together,\u201d said Spriggs.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe 496-word piece also is about what it\u2019s like to wander around Lexington in the middle of the night in love. The structure is contrapuntal, meaning each of its two columns constitute a separate poem, and they can be read together to form a third one.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor the tattoos\u2014inked at Charmed Life Tattoo\u2014the poem was divided into phrases from one to five words long and adorned with small circles. It\u2019s these circles that, when put together, will reveal the hidden image in the form of a single tattoo.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn addition to the image reveal, the Nov. 15 party will include performers such as the March Madness Marching Band and a circus sideshow act, as well as a video featuring Spriggs reading her poem and an original composition by acclaimed musical artist Ben Sollee. The doors will open at 8 p.m. and performances will begin at 8:30.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhile local at heart, the project has spread beyond Lexington. Todorova and Gohde have been heavily involved with The Boulder Tattoo Project, which they inspired. There also is interest in similar projects in Cincinnati and Miami.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe artists hope the projects encourage partnerships between the cities. To that end, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray wrote a letter to Boulder in support of the project, which he feels builds civic pride.\n<\/p>\n

\nAccording to Gray, “The Lexington Tattoo Project has made Lexington a better place to live and positioned our city as a community that welcomes creative public art. This project and others like it invariably have a positive economic impact and, just as important, draw attention to Lexington as a thriving city where good things are happening.”\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation donated $20,000 to start the Boulder project and $10,000 toward a full-color, hardcover book to commemorate the original tattoo project in Lexington.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe projects help create what Gohde calls \u201cplacemaking.\u201d Gohde, who taught Spriggs at Transylvania, said the projects not only increase local residents\u2019 pride and commitment to their city, but they also convey that feeling to a wider arena, thus establishing a different sensibility about the city.\n<\/p>\n

\nTanzi Merritt \u201896, who participated in the Lexington project, has lived here most of her life and was moved by the community spirit. \u201cI rarely see that happen with anything other than University of Kentucky basketball,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information about the Lexington Tattoo Project, visit the website at http:\/\/lexingtontattooproject.wordpress.com<\/a> or contact Todorova at ktodorova@transy.edu<\/a> or 859-948-3433.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014The Lexington Tattoo Project brought together a diverse community: grandmothers, parents, tattoo aficionados, tattoo newbies, bikers, poets. On Friday, Nov. 15, the tattoo designs themselves will be brought together to reveal a hidden image\u2014inked on a well-known Lexingtonian. Just who that is will remain a mystery until he or she pulls up to the unveiling party at Buster\u2019s Billiards & Backroom on Manchester Street that night\u2026in a Ferrari. The project was dreamed up by Transylvania professors Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova, a creative team that engages the community in unusual ways. For this work, a word or words from Transylvania alumna Bianca Spriggs\u2019 poem \u201cThe __________ of the Universe: A Love Story\u201d was tattooed on 252 people who call Lexington home. The privately funded project garnered a surprising amount of attention earlier this year, including a CNN feature. \u201cIt became much bigger, much faster than what we had anticipated,\u201d Todorova said. Like a sailor\u2019s \u201cMom\u201d tattoo, this skin art is a mark of affection. \u201cWe asked Bianca to write the poem as a love letter to Lexington,\u201d explained Todorova. And the stories of those who volunteered to get tattooed\u2014whether Lexington natives or newcomers\u2014without fail reference a fondness for the city, in all its beauty and its shortcomings. Many of the poem\u2019s words and phrases came from responses gathered from Facebook and Twitter requests to fill in the blank of the poem\u2019s title. Phrases include \u201cCandy Heart,\u201d \u201cUnderrated Wine,\u201d \u201cRoadside<\/p>\n

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