Posts tagged public art
Links to Articles About the Fred Wilson Public Art Project in Indianapolis Being Moved
Modern Art Notes
Anti-slave rally” to oppose Fred Wilson project
CICF decision puts Wilson project in doubt
WTHR 13
Controversial artwork location moved from City-County Building
WRTV 6
Slavery-Inspired Sculpture Stirs Controversy
IndyStar.com
No Home for Controversial Statue
A well engineered solution to heat reduction. (Taken with Instagram at Cloud Gate (The Bean))
Shang (1984-5), a kid friendly sculpture by Mark di Suvero at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
The story of Storm King Art Center. A Channel Thirteen/WNET video that originally aired 8/30/09.
Oh, this ought to be a good week!
Richard Serra, “Tilted Arc” (1981)
Serra’s “Tilted Arc” is one of the most controversial pieces of publicly funded and displayed artwork, ultimately dismantled after public outcry — employees of the federal building the sculpture stood in front of found it disruptive, among other things. This week on Hyperallergic LABS, we look at art supported by government funding.
New book!
I’m enjoying reading the well-illustrated “Large Scale,” by Jonathan Lippincott. Lots of good info about Lippincott, Inc.
Beta testers wanted for New Public Art Documenter Mobile App
Will you try this mobile app if just once? It’s called “EpiCollect,” and it’s for data collection; EpiCollect was designed for people to create their own projects to collect data on whatever they’re interested in. The app works on both Android and iPhone platforms. I don’t have a link to the app, you have search for it in the Android Marketplace or on iTunes.
With EpiCollect I’ve created a project that allows anyone in the world to document public art, and then share it on the project web page. This project is called “PublicArtDocumenter,” and it’s an outgrowth of our efforts with WikiProject Public Art. There are just a few entries so far, but you can check em out here:
Public Art Documenter Project Page
Your efforts will allow us to continue developing new technological applications around documenting public artworks on a global scale. The data you create will help in making a highly accurate Wikipedia page.
It’s not a very slick application and it’s a little buggy (I’ve had it crash a few times), but hey, it’s free. And its Open Source. Check out the instructions on how to use it.
Once you’ve downloaded the app, you’ll have to enter your e-mail address and “load” the project in the Settings section (type “PublicArtDocumenter” just like that with the capital letters).
If you use it and you have some feedback, even if to say you don’t like it, will you send it my way? Or post them on this page within Wikipedia.
Good luck finding a public artwork to document in your city, or wherever you are, and please pass this on to anyone else that might be willing to try this app!
New Systems for Documenting Public Art
Here’s a post I wrote on Liam Wyatt’s blog (@wittylama) about our work documenting public art using Wikipedia and Flickr. I summarizes my IUPUI student’s final project at the Indiana Statehouse and discusses and discuss the future of Wikiproject Public Art.
Milwaukee Milestone
The effort to document Milwaukee’s public art collection in Wikipedia hit a milestone today: 30 articles are now live. Very exciting!
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From my continuing visual exploration of Tripadvisor. (Because Google Street View has been beat to death.) Full line-up here.
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Guess where I am?
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You stay classy, Ron Burgundy.
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