Aesthetic Evangelists -Stephanie Rios

Key Ideas That I Found Interesting:

"A very different kind of "collaboration" would arise out of a project produced with a politically-coherent community."
"Each new site, issue, or community, becomes another opportunity to reaffirm their social transcendence through the universal language of art, which can bridge cultural differences and heal social divisions."
"The "community" in community-based public art often, although clearly not always, refers to individuals marked as culturally, economically, or socially different either from the artist or from the audience for the particular project."

Questions:

"Disavows the autonomous development of the community." (Why were the words in this sentence chosen? What impact do they have?)
How can an artist present their artwork to a community that they do not identify with and at the same time, not come off as disrespectful?
Can all types of art actually "bridge cultural differences and heal social divisions?"

Comments

Jeremy Griffith - The Roof is on Fire

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project? There are many minority teens in low-income, low-opportunity areas who have unheard voices. Their self-esteem isn't cultivated and all of their portrayal in the media is negative. 2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project? Teen voices were unheard, opinions of them were based on negative media stereotypes, and many of them had very poor self-esteem. 3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content? Immersive theatre in the form of car-conversations that audience members could eavesdrop on. 4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project? The teenagers were very invested because of their desire to free their voices. The adults who helped were invested because they wanted to help these kids start to change the narrative. And the d...

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