Comments on: An Artist and a Citizen http://blog.art21.org/2009/10/30/an-artist-and-a-citizen/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS series Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:14:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Artist, The Good Neighbour | Broken City Lab http://blog.art21.org/2009/10/30/an-artist-and-a-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-14836 The Artist, The Good Neighbour | Broken City Lab Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:38 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=11143#comment-14836 [...] [via Art21] [...] [...] [via Art21] [...]

]]> By: Justin http://blog.art21.org/2009/10/30/an-artist-and-a-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-14834 Justin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:59 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=11143#comment-14834 Thanks for posting this, I'd love to see more interviews with community / dialogical / social practice -based artists! Thanks for posting this, I’d love to see more interviews with community / dialogical / social practice -based artists!

]]> By: An Artist and a Citizen « Fire EXIT http://blog.art21.org/2009/10/30/an-artist-and-a-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-14785 An Artist and a Citizen « Fire EXIT Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:26:59 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=11143#comment-14785 [...] 09:30:05 am on November 1, 2009 | # | 0 Tags: Art, Democracy, US An Artist and a Citizen [...] [...] 09:30:05 am on November 1, 2009 | # | 0 Tags: Art, Democracy, US An Artist and a Citizen [...]

]]> By: tessar http://blog.art21.org/2009/10/30/an-artist-and-a-citizen/comment-page-1/#comment-14773 tessar Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:55:35 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=11143#comment-14773 what an interesting guy. i often have the desire of gathering people together and having conversations about any old thing, but without the predetermination of having to discuss something.. it's kind of a tricky thing maybe- most people when in a certain time an place, ready for a discussion, will voice things differently, (or have different opinions altogether) than if you just caught them and talked about whatever is in mind. it's also cool how his "art" goes beyond a product, even a performance- but almost a service. maybe the idea of bringing people together and being able to do so is an art in itself; as it can be difficult to connect people at all. isn't that what an artist does at the end of the day, contact? what an interesting guy. i often have the desire of gathering people together and having conversations about any old thing, but without the predetermination of having to discuss something.. it’s kind of a tricky thing maybe- most people when in a certain time an place, ready for a discussion, will voice things differently, (or have different opinions altogether) than if you just caught them and talked about whatever is in mind.

it’s also cool how his “art” goes beyond a product, even a performance- but almost a service. maybe the idea of bringing people together and being able to do so is an art in itself; as it can be difficult to connect people at all. isn’t that what an artist does at the end of the day, contact?

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