Haven't had enough of your weirdness fill lately? Things to 'ho-hum'? Hoping to see a unicorn made of snow in your neighborhood?
Sounds like you want to make Cincinnati weird.
These are the goals of www.makecincinnatiweird.com/. A blog entirely dedicated to bringing out the strange in the Nati. Whether through art, activities or writing, the weirdos behind Make Cincinnati Weird hope to knock you out of your boring life, even if just for a moment, and get you feeling again.
This spontaneous art, whether quickly pasting a bobble-head-like picture of a famous actor on the side of a building, or building various snow creatures before Cincinnatians wake up one morning has the spontaneity and genuineness that cannot be recreated by administrators at a multi-million dollar arts organization. At the same time, an artist who paints a mural on street in the middle of the night could easily be arrested for defacing public property. How do we promote the ability for art to be spontaneous and public in a modern society? With the required permits, lobbying, meetings and paperwork it becomes almost impossible to do spontaneous art. Banksy and a few others seem to be the only ones able to get this done- butagain, Banksy had been considered a graffiti outlaw for years.
Oh well- At least we'll always have our George Washington in a dress-
I really like this idea of spontaneous art, but I think it is very difficult to differentiate between art and vandalism in situations like this. There is also the questions of does this need to be "high art" or will a child's drawings do? I like the idea, but think that things like this are rarely successful because they are impossible to regulate.
ReplyDeleteWhat does this have to do with public policy?
ReplyDeleteWhat has been the reaction of modern art institutions like the Contemporary Arts Center? Are they advocates of this "spontaneous" art?
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