MY "concept" art project consists of loud sound-trucks at random intervals in the wee hours of the morning playing the tender sounds of yowling cats. Each about a minute long, so the location of the trucks cannot easily be triangulated.
One can imagine the effect on nearby cats and dogs, who would set up the expected aleatory choral response, lasting long after the initial cat-call. I can always be talked into an even more interesting project, if anyone here can think of one. --David Shove On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Michael Atherton wrote: > > Mark Wilde wrote: > > > I'm glad this was brought up. It gives the list a > > chance to discuss public art. Sure public art can be > > annoying to some people, so are billboards and bus > > stop signs, but that is not an argument against it. > > > > The city has done a good job I think of promoting > > public art. I love the giant rabbit over by the River > > Road. The first time I saw it I jumped a foot in the > > air with surprise! > > > > The university has an adbundance of public art pieces > > http://www.weisman.umn.edu/public/public.html > > > > And of course the Sculpture Garden at the Walker is > > one of the best outdoor public art spaces in the > > world. > > But the Sculpture Garden does not fly over people's > houses. Are you saying that you support -flying- public > art or other types of public art that is personally > intrusive? > > >From my perspective, I am not particularly worried about visual > public art. As far as I'm concerned they could put a thirty > foot high dynamic sculpture of human genitalia in the middle of > the Government Center Plaza and I would not be overly concerned > (in fact I think it might be an interesting commentary), > but I would be concerned it they dangled it from a helicopter > for thirty minutes above my neighborhood (even though it might > also be an interesting artistic statement). > > Michael Atherton > Prospect Park > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
