We have to consider our audience when we create art in particular public art. Is it controversial or provocative? Will it have the same impact in Commerce Texas as it would in Dallas Texas. Location is everything.
We watched the video about pranksters that hung a fake poster in a McDonalds : https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/21/us/guys-get-money-for-hanging-fake-mcdonalds-posters-trnd/index.html
and every since I’ve been staring at all that stock art in the Starbucks on campus and thinking how easy it would be to swap out a piece for one of my own. Ask for forgiveness later.
So often we have to think about the consequences. Will this go on my PERMANENT RECORD?
The art protest group INDECLINE has done some major work that is provocative in public spaces. They take risks that I wouldn’t, like cutting out images on silos, trespassing, and more.
My version of public art will be on campus because I want to reach this audience - the unwed youngin’s with their life ahead of them. Stay tuned. I don’t want to give it away yet.
