You have heard of web 2.0.
Now, is the debut of the next big thing…
So here is a film, of Jesus 2.0 in the making and of its journey to, and installation onto, the streets.
The on street installation was just one part of the production process for in the link , we see not just the art artefacts, but also another piece of art - a video, with music and words.This video production gives additional meanings to the artefact; the video shows the art as a whole process, not just as being the final product. But further meanings surround the artefact, via the video. The video looks low budget and that gives the whole artistic process and product a kind of ‘rough around the edges’ feel to it. It gives it the feel of urban guerilla; of being made quickly in a confined space on meagre resources. All these things ADD to the meaning - the semiotic process. The fact it is on a web site; a web site that is not advertised officially but whose link is passed around the web, blog to blog. (I got it from TT who got it from Gammablog’s Flickr stream). Makes it all feel covert, exciting.
Much of the graffitti I photographed in NYC last month was pasted in and around Wooster Street. (Like this one:)
Turns out there is a Wooster Street Collective - and they also are experimenting with the modality of their work. Moving it to a range of media inorder to give it a wider audience. This blog gives an off street showcase for the pieces; it also reports on a book publication, and even an exhibition tour.
is that why this site refers to ‘urban communication?’
And is this my new research area?
Funky business.
