Packard Jennings has hand-drawn “counterfeit” scratch-off tickets for his art project “Lottery Tickets.” As a prize, each “Scratcher” has a unique message that pertains to the experiences and simple pleasures of the local community as told by residents and shop owners. Through short prose and drawn symbols, the scratch-off tickets will direct the participant’s attention to local sites and people’s experiences in the neighborhood.
Jennings’ artist-designed lottery tickets are being given out with other Lottery purchases or upon request from few of the culturally engaged stores in Oakland’s Lake Merritt and Temescal districts, and San Francisco’s Mission and Western Addition districts. Each district has its own ticket design and eight unique “prizes.” The intention is to transform an instant of personal focus into a moment of contemplation about the local environment, community, and culture. Twelve thousand tickets are being given away through January.
Give away locations and dates announced here:
November 24th: U&I Liquor. 49th and Telegraph. Oakland’s Temescal District
December 8th: 23rd and Valencia. San Francisco’s Mission District
December 20th: Oakland’s Lake Merrit District
January 20th: San Francisco’s Western Addition
(While supplies last!)
Here are the other three lottery tickets…
Share your experience with picking up a ticket, or with your neighborhood by posting a comment on this blog.
Or stop by SOEX Gallery at:
2901 Mission Street (@ 25th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94110
t: (415) 863-2141
(Tickets and original artwork are on display through January)
This project is a collaboration between Packard Jennings and Southern Exposure Gallery as part of their yearlong “Off-Site” programming.
Packard’s website: www.centennialsociety.com/durham.html
December 14, 2006 at 10:44 pm
A co worker just handed me three of of the Fantasmas de ORO! tickets and for a moment I was puzzled and even slightly annoyed as I am not overly ford of the lottery. After looking them over I began to get exited, what an interesting piece of art to fall into my day! I will ‘open’ one and pass the other two on.
December 21, 2006 at 10:43 pm
I am most taken with the sophisticated and playful images that Packard uses.
January 3, 2007 at 2:30 am
I was walking down the street in the Mission the other day and saw a lottery ticket on the ground. I picked it up as I wanted to see what they look like from this perspective…used and discarded. After a bit of scrutiny, I was suprised to see that it wasn’t an ordinary lottery ticket but a project by artist Packard Jennings. The prize I received was a quote from a local person…could’ve been my neighbor for all I know. In fact, I think a friend of mine was quoted in one of the tickets. Thanks for this refreshing take on the lottery and call to reflect on what really makes us happy.
January 19, 2007 at 5:47 pm
The experience of receiving one of Packard’s Lottery ticket’s made me forget about my mundane reality for a few moments and shed light on the beauty of slowing down to consider everything around me more carefully. The far fetched notion of winning money via the lottery was suddenly transformed into understanding a glimpse of someone’s life through a story as a “prize” on a ticket. Beyond that, the wonderfully clever visuals, appropriation of lottery iconography, the insertion of art into a corner store, and the generosity of handing out this wonderful piece for free…. all in all, made my day. Thank you…..
August 20, 2007 at 7:40 pm
This is a fantastic work. To turn something so common as a scratch ticket into a lens through which a potentially self-centered act can be refocused into community awareness is nothing short of genius. I only wish this was happening around my own community, as I would be sure to collect a few myself. Cheers, Packard.
August 26, 2007 at 10:08 pm
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May 23, 2009 at 9:22 pm
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May 26, 2009 at 7:42 am
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