Okay, I admit it. I am a sucker for public art and sentiment. This project—The Lovemark—captures both. If funded it will bring people from all over the world together in a celebration of LOVE. Good.Is said it right, “Quit the flowers and candy: Express your love in a monument.” Join their crowdfunding campaign to make it happen, by February 14th. It sure makes for a creative Valentine’s Day gift.
A portion of their funding will be donated to support an organization that aligns with the mission of V-Day: A global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
The Idea
People throughout history, desiring to express their love, have left their love messages and love marks everywhere: carved in trees, written on benches, locked to a bridge.So, we said we’d give everyone a unique canvas to write their own love message on, and leave their own love mark. The canvas we chose is a the love cube, where you can inscribe your own personal love message.
Then we gave the idea a twist. We’ll collect all the messages, written in different languages, inscribe them on the love cubes, and then use them as the building blocks to create a unique global monument of Love: The Lovemark! The world’s first crowdfunded monument to celebrate love!
The Architecture
The Lovemark will be an actual, physical architectural structure, built from top quality materials that have high corrosion resistance and strength in order to stand the test of time.The Lovemark’s design has been created by European and US architects and is based on two discrete characteristics that blend harmonically: the robustness of a cube-shaped landmark and the softness and passion of a carved-out heart. Since the actual building blocks are the individual love cubes, the final dimensions of the Lovemark will depend on the number of people that participate.
Charity
We would like to use this campaign to share love with those less fortunate in their lives. Thus, we have chosen to raise awareness on a sensitive subject: Ending violence against women. While most of us celebrate our love on Valentine’s Day, there are so many people whose lives have been affected by the lack of it. The Lovemark, driven by the mission to help the less fortunate, was inspired by vday.org – “an organized response against violence toward women”, and fully subscribed to its 4 core beliefs:
- Art has the power to transform thinking and inspire people to act
- Lasting social and cultural change is spread by ordinary people doing extraordinary things
- Local women best know what their communities need and can become unstoppable leaders
- One must look at the intersection of race, class, and gender to understand violence against women
Our goal is to contribute to a charity organization with the above characteristics an amount that would depend on the total funds that we manage to raise. More specifically, we will donate $10,000 once we reach our goal plus $7,500 for every $100,000 raised then on. In addition to this amount, we’ll add $5 for every charity cube to the final donation!
Join me and hundreds of others in founding the Lovemark Monument. As a perk, we can vote on the city where we think it should be built. Watch the video to see how the monument will greet you when you go see it in person. Good luck Lovermarkers! I hope your dream becomes a reality.