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First Assignment

Aesthetic Evangelist

Three Key Ideas
  1. Exploring interactive community-based projects inspired by social issues
  2. Understanding the "prior community"
  1. Understanding the relationship between the artist and the community
Three Questions

  1. Ideological anchorage- what is this?
  2. Is it a goal of an artist to create pedagogical effects in the community or do these effects happen organically?
  3. Can an “outsider” truly represent a community through art for a community that they are not from and do not represent? I know there is study, collaboration, and form of brand immersion that happens before artist come into communities to work with them, but I feel there is fine line that exists and am curious how people feel about this. In the article they talk about the moment of transference, but I am seeing too many grey areas along this idea of an outsider trying to fit in and create art.

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