art is fear • #OccupyBubble (Image by Joe Flood) ...

art is fear

This coming May 2011, for one week, the artist Agnes Bolt will move into the home of the very sociable and curious Philippa Hughes to playfully explore the dynamics between an artist and an art collector. With a naive optimism and subtle social critique the project will manifest itself with a large obtrusive structure situated within Philippa’s home in which the artist will live. The presence of the artist will be impossible to ignore. A series of rules, exercises, communication systems and bonding experiences will dictate the interactions between the two as will video cameras given to both parties. Both are required to follow the rules but mischief and expectations of an open spirited dynamic is highly encouraged.

The project tries to conflate the traditional role of the artist as producer and the collector as consumer to create an experience that both can take part in, react to and fully engage. Both can take ownership of the results of the time spent together and a furthering of the conversation about art’s impact in the world can be examined.

#OccupyBubble (Image by Joe Flood)

Recontextualizing the bubble? It was once an art object. Now it’s become a symbol of the “counterculture demonstration” and being occupied by one Jordan Brinkman at OccupyDC, according to Arin Greenwood’s report in the HuffPo.

I was hoping that after the bubble exhibit ended at Project 4 Gallery, I’d finally be able to tell you what I thought about the whole project. But seems that the bubble is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.

City Paper also reported on #OccupyBubble.