Post by glitterpigeon on Jul 20, 2023 2:18:07 GMT -8
I have been getting really into art abandonment lately!
it's when you leave free art pieces in public places! the most common form of this I see is painting on rocks and leaving them places, though I usually put a free sign on a little canvas I have painted!
I have been kind of fascinated by it. it is an interesting way to play around with how we think about the way that art is displayed, I think. there's a lot to be said about that, that I don't quite know how to articulate yet.
there's also this sort of thing with all art, how at some point you just have to let it go. set it out into a chaotic spinnings of the world and hope that this little love of yours is treated kindly, that it is safe and understood. but most of the time in the small scale (once you like, die, or similar, though, then what happens to the physical object is really out of your hands) this letting go is metaphorical and emotional.
but it isn't with this. with art abandonment you are literally letting your art go. chances are, you will never see it again. you can put contact info on it, you can beg and plead that people who find it will use that to tell you they found it, but you can't make them do that, and you can't know for sure if anyone will even be interested. maybe no one will pick it up ever or it will just get thrown out. maybe that thing you care about more than anyone else will be seen by everyone else as worthless trash.
or maybe they will love it. maybe someone will be tired, coming home from a bad day at work, maybe they will find your art and they will feel, even it is fleeting, just a little bit happier. when I look into art abandonment, that is a lot of what I see. people finding a little more hope in the world, the world becoming just a tiny bit kinder.
to me, this is one sort of ultimate act of trust. it scares me, but I have always wanted to look at the things that scare me. the fear makes me only want to do it more, so that I might understand that fear better. so that I might experience a new type of magic that the world holds.
have you ever done art abandonment of some sort? (remember this is a very broad type of thing. a lot of things count as this) would you ever? have you aver found someone else abandoned art? i have quite a big art abandonment project im working on right now (involving a lot of people, and a lot of art) but i am trying to be a little bit secretive about it, though probably if I talk about it here, that probably wouldn't ruin it
it's when you leave free art pieces in public places! the most common form of this I see is painting on rocks and leaving them places, though I usually put a free sign on a little canvas I have painted!
I have been kind of fascinated by it. it is an interesting way to play around with how we think about the way that art is displayed, I think. there's a lot to be said about that, that I don't quite know how to articulate yet.
there's also this sort of thing with all art, how at some point you just have to let it go. set it out into a chaotic spinnings of the world and hope that this little love of yours is treated kindly, that it is safe and understood. but most of the time in the small scale (once you like, die, or similar, though, then what happens to the physical object is really out of your hands) this letting go is metaphorical and emotional.
but it isn't with this. with art abandonment you are literally letting your art go. chances are, you will never see it again. you can put contact info on it, you can beg and plead that people who find it will use that to tell you they found it, but you can't make them do that, and you can't know for sure if anyone will even be interested. maybe no one will pick it up ever or it will just get thrown out. maybe that thing you care about more than anyone else will be seen by everyone else as worthless trash.
or maybe they will love it. maybe someone will be tired, coming home from a bad day at work, maybe they will find your art and they will feel, even it is fleeting, just a little bit happier. when I look into art abandonment, that is a lot of what I see. people finding a little more hope in the world, the world becoming just a tiny bit kinder.
to me, this is one sort of ultimate act of trust. it scares me, but I have always wanted to look at the things that scare me. the fear makes me only want to do it more, so that I might understand that fear better. so that I might experience a new type of magic that the world holds.
have you ever done art abandonment of some sort? (remember this is a very broad type of thing. a lot of things count as this) would you ever? have you aver found someone else abandoned art? i have quite a big art abandonment project im working on right now (involving a lot of people, and a lot of art) but i am trying to be a little bit secretive about it, though probably if I talk about it here, that probably wouldn't ruin it
