NYT Ponders Whether Or Not Plastic Little Covered In Sparklemotion Is Art
How seriously to take all of this is a question. Is the vogue for collectives just about a bunch of kids wanting to have fun? Is it a feel-good cosmetic gloss on an art industry obsessed with money and product? Or is it a new kind of politics-as-play, a carnivalesque version of an industrial strike: nonparticipation — passivity — as activism?If there is no single, easy answer, there is certainly a lot of activity to prompt questions.
Let’s take this one to the comments. Have you seen “Locally Localized Gravity” at the ICA? Do you think ‚Äî as we do ‚Äî that it’s a landmark art event whose repurcussions will be felt ’round these parts for years to come? Or do you think it’s just a bunch of skateboardpunkrockers armed with Sparks and construction paper? We’re dying to know. We’re also kind of dreading it. Just a little.
NYTimes: ICA = Def Jam
March 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Of course “Locally Localized Gravity” is art… plus more (ie, community involvement/activism). If you don’t think so, you obviously haven’t seen it.
March 21st, 2007 at 2:25 pm
was there this weekend (sat) and saw a load of bike folks competing against each other (balancing, riding backwards) in the space itself. it was fantastic to see an entire community utilize the space like that and have it still pertain to what the exhibit/collection/collaboration was all about.
March 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Locally Localized Gravity has been going on for too long.
March 21st, 2007 at 3:56 pm
re: “Locally Localized Gravity has been going on for too long.”
ICA is good that way. the shows are up for 2-3 months at a time.