January 25, 2017
"BREAK THE GRID"
by Marina Esmeraldo and Mallory Heyer
In 2016 Google sponsored an unusual project in Brooklyn, New York. In partnership with Refinery 29, a leading digital media company focused on women, they brought together two artists who would otherwise probably never meet—Marina Esmereldo, an illustrator and designer from Brazil now splitting her time between London and Barcelona; and New York City designer, Mallory Heyer—and asked them to "hack" the pixel-like cells of Google Sheets to create a piece "celebrating women globally who break free of confined roles and ways of thinking." The bright and beautiful celebration of the diversity and strength of women, perhaps a more important message than anyone thought at the time, was installed on this wall at the corner of Bogart and Thames Streets by Colossal Media, a Brooklyn firm specializing in large-scale hand-painted murals. @marinaesmeraldo @meaowree @refinery29 @colossalmedia
