Once the wall is filled, the board is washed down and the neighbourhood starts with a clean slate again. Responses were documented and some will be included in a book.
The response has been overwhelming. Candy hopes that the project will continue to expand to other cities and grow for years to come. She plans to create a kit with a how-to guide and large one-column stencil that will make it easy to reproduce.
The answers record and evoke a range of emotions. Some seem funny or trivial; others are meaningful and touching. Some seem to be melancholy or regretful. Some seem unrealistic, and others point out the value of the things we take for granted.
Before I Die is a perfect example of how art can work with the design of public spaces to create better interaction between the residents of communities, making them better places to live.
