Story time! Once, while in the New Museum, Jack and I were staring out a side window that was part of a small hallway. The view itself was pretty crappy, just the side of another building (which is a very common thing in this city). We must have looked like we were really studying it. A woman, who was part of a tour group, came right over, looked out and went, “Beautiful!” and walked away. We looked at each other, then at her as she walked off, and Jack, questioned her, “What?” We laughed for a good 5 minutes straight about it and bring it up every now and again for a smile.

Klara.be (belgium art radio/channel) did an experiment with Belgian painter Luc Tuymans (who’s paintings go for million usd). What if you take art out of its usual context and expose it in the street? Would people even notice it?

This is fantastically amazing to me! I’ve always thought that a lot of people only think its art if it’s in a museum. They can’t seem to appreciate that “art” is anywhere and everywhere. It’s not defined by it’s space.
Found via Boing Boing

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I’m going to participate! At first I was concerned it was going to be on a work day, in which case, I would only be able to at the risk of losing my job. But on a Saturday? No problem! I’ll make a great outdoor adventure out of that day!

It is obvious that without computers we would find our life extremely difficult, maybe even impossible. If they disappeared for just one day, would we be able to cope?

Be part of one of the biggest global experiments ever to take place on the Internet. The idea behind Shutdown Day is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!

Find out more at ShutdownDay.org

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