Protests as art?
Should we look at past protests in our study? past anarchists, past riots, past police brutality. Did these protests lead to a better america? in race and vietnam protests, yes...so should these rnc protests be viewed in a similar way, that they are actually on the cutting edge of what needs to change in America, and in turn, what will eventually change? police state? war mongering? xenophobia? Protests as challenging current ideologies, challenging current status quo.
Protests as a cutting edge view of reality.
Compare that idea with art. Art as challenging status quo, art as challenging current ideologies. art as revealing uncomfortable truths about society, art as cutting edge views on reality. Art revealing things that need to be rethought.
Can/should a protest be considered art in the first place? There is much choreography going on, there is much planning, there is much focus on aesthetics-the dress of protesters, their signs, their songs, it is very creative act. It is also a very collaborative performance, and a very multimedia performance.
So can our performance/art be considered a reaction to another form of art? are we the secondary art source? are we re-mixing?
I know we've kinda talked about this, but i just thought the ideas should be on the blog