Thursday, August 21, 2008

Linguistic Interventions -- Tuesday @ the Farmer's Market

Posession
Anthony & Iris

Our linguistic intervention came in the form of a prompt: "I believe property . . . ." Participants were encouraged to respond to the prompt or other participants' responses in either positive, negative, silly or serious ways, ways that dealt more with them as individuals, or as members of society.


The Frame: What is Art?
Linda Comminos

I held a frame up to highlight my face and shirt which had two strips of tape. Each tape said "What is art?" One in English and one in Spanish.On the ground in from of me there were several strips of tape on which it said "Art is" with space for the interested public to complete the phrase and share their answer to "What is Art?"As people filled the tape more tape was placed on the ground and I called out to people asking them to take part and become part of our public statement about art.

Signs for Sale
Kristina & Francis

Our intervention kind of evolved as we went along. The whole intervention was inspired by Francis's finding of a story posted on the web about a homeless guy who had displayed personal messages onsigns. (Instead of the typical will work for food etc...) So we orginally displayed signs that said things like "Life is inside my uterus" or "Teachers should not mispell." But then we decided to have more involvement with the crowd. So one of us held a sign saying "signs for sale $20.00 signed by the artist". We had no takers for that. By the end people would not even take them for free! Other signs included, "say hello and you will receive a compliment," "give me a compliment," "honk if you love," and "give me a hug."

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