Thursday, May 7, 2009

Art + Interruption


This is my first time with a blog, so it might seem for me a if I'm sending an email or something, excuse my ignorance..

I will start with the idea of Art and Interruption and why is art always an alternative in our visual culture?

ACT- FACT- ART

Usually when I walk down the streets, it's always an urge for me to look for the element/object/act of interruption that translates the narratives in the city… it could be a simple piece of burnt newspaper, or the remains of the tree we found clutching into the fence rail… or that mysterious room we discovered frozen in time down Al Salt street..


But in our previous 6:00 am walk, while I was trying to find these interrupters, Rula and I could not help but notice that these moments are finding use, the idea that came to my mind is that maybe we should frame these street interruptions … and create an ART that introduces a FACT and is determined by the ACT of the public, where the public are the actors/spectators of that street ArtAct .

I am just thinking out loud… doing these installations in different settings of Amman, and document peoples reactions to these interruptions. To sum up, the idea is to create an interface surface of expression between the people and the city through public street art.

I've got some ideas for places I'd like to experiment with, and some ideas for the way we would present it in Interruptions...
any feedback:)

Should I write something in the end, no Regards, no Thanks, nothing??? ;)


Dina


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