{"id":3332,"date":"2018-02-07T22:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2018-02-07T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T03:24:35","slug":"public-art-a-blurred-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjsymuleski.com\/artofthemooc\/public-art-a-blurred-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Art: A Blurred Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the public art\u00a0installations highlighted in the lectures were simply that \u2013 art which could be placed anywhere.\u00a0 However, the much more effective art installations were the ones that served some sort of purpose or were much more closely entwined in their surroundings, including the physical location, its audience\/participants, and the\u00a0politics of the area in which it takes place.<\/p>\n

The Eternal Frame, a public art installation recreating the assassination of John F. Kennedy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Eternal Frame<\/em> was a recreation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy which took place\u00a0at the actual location of his assassination \u2013 Dealey Plaza in Dallas.\u00a0 The effectiveness of this piece is grounded in the bizarre reactions of bystanders, some reacting as if the assassination were real, others going so far as to laugh about the spectacle taking place in front of them.\u00a0 This is an extremely good use of audience, as their reactions are completely genuine and much more interesting than a recreation of a historic event could be on its own.\u00a0 Another good use of audience is\u00a0Key to the City<\/em>, in which keys were handed to everyday people which unlocked doors around New York City, such as private, hidden art galleries and other interesting sites.\u00a0 Even more so than\u00a0The Eternal Frame<\/em>, this project literally\u00a0would not have existed<\/em> without its audience\u2013 it relied on people participating and actively trying to use their keys around the city.\u00a0 This project\u00a0also blurs the line between art and function \u2013 there is no performance and no structure involved with this installation in the way that most people classically think about art.\u00a0 Instead, it serves a real purpose \u2013 allowing people to access places in the city where they wouldn’t normally be able to go.\u00a0 The force that turns it to “art” is the public imagination \u2013 it pushed people to explore places they would never normally go, to adventure\u00a0through a city in which they might live but which they might not know as well as they should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of the public art\u00a0installations highlighted in the lectures were simply that \u2013 art which could be placed anywhere.\u00a0 However, the much more effective art installations were the ones that served some sort of purpose or were much more closely entwined in their surroundings, including the physical location, its audience\/participants, and the\u00a0politics of the area … <\/p>\n

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