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Played on the streets of New York and tracked on the web, CARRY ME BACK ( jpallas.com/carrymeback) is a non-competitive game that entices the public to use the web to find and then transport light weight, life-size sculptures of  three notable New Yorkers to specific sentimental Manhattan destinations.  Successful players are rewarded with a share in the artworks' ultimate sale price if they find the sculpture, follow the rules and help to complete the journey.

1."Hitch hiking artworks, Game pieces in one of the artist designed games at Columbia University exhibit. Opens May 16
2. 1."On the Road with Jim Pallas'Hitch hikering artworks at Columbia University exhibit. Opens May 16
3. Saul Steinberg, Lenni Lanape and Thelonious Monk ready to play the gameCARRY ME BACK, one of the artist designed games at Columbia University exhibit. Opens May 16.
4. Web-tracked  sculptures head for manhattan to play CARRY ME BACK one of the artist designed games at Columbia University exhibit. Opens May 16
5.One of the game pieces in CARRY ME BACK is a  Lenni Lenape woman of the tribe that greeted the first Europeans to sail up the  Hudson River.
6. Visual artist Saul Steinberg is one of the game pieces in CARRY ME BACK, an artist-designed game in the exhibit GAME SHOW NYC at Columbia University.
7. A portrait of Thelonious Monk, jazz master, is hoping to return to some of his favorite places in NYC as the public plays CARRY ME BACK This is one of the artist-designed games at Columbia University exhibit. Opens May 16
8. Thelonious Monk, one of the hitch hiking game pieces in a game that relys on the public to carry life size game pieces to sites in Manhattan.


                        
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Internationally acclaimed artist, Jim Pallas, has exhibited and won awards in France, Canada, Japan, and Mexico.   Known for his whimsical, electronic sculptures, he is one of the pioneers in the use of electronics in art.  One of his most popular and electronically complex pieces responds to the proceedings of the U.S. Senate.  "The Senate Piece,"  was commissioned by Senator Carl Levin for his Senate Office.    Mr. Pallas has had solo exhibitions in New York City and at the Detroit Institute of Arts.  He is an MFA graduate of Wayne State University and recipient of their Alumni Achievement Award.   He has been making Hitchhikers and setting them on the road for 30 years.  His current game, CARRY ME BACK,  for Columbia University uses the web and location technology that he first used in his San Jose, California piece, "Valley of the Heart's Desire."    
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