This is my mission and my job. With any creative endeavor, one cannot limit ones thoughts to work hours and work days, so 28.24.7 it will be.
As our team are unpacking, documenting and repackaging the notions of public art in our fair city, we keep hovering around the same discussion. Process vs Product. The very manner in which we record, select and understand these art works adds an additional layer of text to their story. Thus if some of our endevours seem to be unsuccessful then, by virture of the process, we have still progressed.
Not everyone agrees....and so it officially becomes art!
And therewith the motivation for this blog. Documenting and displaying the art of understanding art.
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The idea of contested space will always be at the front of my mind when I look at a publicly accessible work of art. As we work through the next 28 days, other creative prejudices, opinions and ideas will surely be laid bare...but first things first.
Simply put, contested space is any space that two or more people,entities etc. are in dispute over (or at least, not in agreement) Broadly speaking, that could be anything from a newly constructed cycle path to your small, but developing, village in the digital construct of Age of Empires.
Who owns it. Who wants it. Who uses it. Who needs it.
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All the opinions recorded in this blog are my personal thoughts and do not represent my employers, co-workers, clients, the artists mentioned etc etc. If you have any copyright concerns or issues relating to opinions voiced, do let me know.
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