Sign in or register
for additional privileges

MACHINE DREAMS

Alexei Taylor, Author
Harris' Jinking Jungle Jurisdiction, page 4 of 12
Previous page on path     Next page on path

 

You appear to be using an older verion of Internet Explorer. For the best experience please upgrade your IE version or switch to a another web browser.

What is it about these sculptures?


What makes a subway-vent-linked inflatable animal sculpture captivating enough to make pedestrians stop, smile, and take pictures? How do the city and the subway machinery affect the way one experiences the art?

In this video, the street sweeper becomes an accidental art critic by mistaking the un-inflated sculpture made of trash bags for actual trash. The street sweeper's mistake as a spectator is a prime example of the mindset Harris' sculptures seek to shatter - expectations. How much does the daily grind in the city blind us to the unique happenings around us? Are we looking close enough, or are we seeing trash where there is in fact a hidden majestic creature? 

Comment on this page
  • Local Discussion
    •
  • Popout
    •
 

Discussion of "What is it about these sculptures?"

Add your voice to this discussion.

Checking your signed in status ...

Previous page on path Harris' Jinking Jungle Jurisdiction, page 4 of 12 Next page on path
Diana Gluck

Related:  Oscar Pistorius,  (Personalized) Propaganda,  Cue the Hipsters,  USSR/CCCP Propaganda Poster,  Air Bear, NYC Urban Art,,  Sigur Rós - Fjögur píanó,  Feelings on Inflation,  Alterity,  Inflatable? How so?,  Walk continued,  Sesame Street and Deep Questions,  Sources so far,  Gray, Christopher, ed. "Essays from Leaving the 20th Century." What Is Situationism?: A Reader. Ed. Stewart Home. Edinburgh, Scotland: AK, 1996. N. pag. Print.,  Marc Jacobs T-Shirt,  farmer's pet,  Exit Through the Gift Shop,  Lamborghini Tractor,  Joshua Allen Harris' Portfolio. Joshua Allen Harris, n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2012. .,  Hercules,  Effect on viewer (continued),  Balloons vs. Inflatable Street Art,  Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now,  Beirut - The Rip Tide (Official Video),  Bear,  Video: air giraffe,  Temporality,  Effect on the viewer,  Bibliography,  Sculpture disguised as trash,  First Lamborghini Tractor Black and White,  Background Image Marc Jacobs,  inflatable sculpture,  Marc Jacobs T-Shirt close up,  Subway Interior,  The Devil Sheep,  Through the lens of Situationism and the Dérive,  Vindex,  Society of the Spectacle,  Eyad holding T-Shirt,  Feireiss, Lukas. "Larissa Fassler: The Body and the City." Deutsche Bank ArtMag. Trans. Wilhelm Werthern. Deutsche Bank AG, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.,  Situationist Map of Paris,  Banksy vs. Bristol Museum,  Marc Jacobs Store,  Walking in New York City,  The Capitalist's Communist Commodity,  Final Paper Proposal. Inflatable Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris,  Race in Rome, 1960,  Marc Jacobs Store Interior,  Subway Breath,  Tractors,  Race,  Eyad from Marc Jacobs,  Andreotti, Libero. Theory of the Dérive and Other Situationist Writings on the City. Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 1996. Print.,  City,  Cyborg,  What makes an observer modern; Diana Gluck,  Bristol Museum vs. Banksy,  Unitary Urbanism,  Lungs,  Equivalence,  Ghostcatching-BillTJones,  Store from the level above,  An Initial Confusion of Nationalities,  Simulation,  Lungs,  Neelon, Caleb, Diederick Kraaijiveld, and Joshua Allen Harris. "Profile. Bora Baskan/Profile Diederick Kraaijiveld/Profile Joshua Allen Harris." Juxtapoz, 95 (2008): 22-24.,  air ape,  Metrocard,  New York City,  bears,  Symbolic,  Get ready to wander,  Price (and Fact) Check,  Spectator,  That's Not Trash; It's Art,  Joshua Allen Harris,  Red Gradient Background Marc Jacobs,  Subway Diagram,  Unsure Answers,  Man with Balloon,  Reality Effect,  runaway gargoyle in paris,  Hot Chip - I Feel Better,  What is this path? And how to maneuver it,  So what?,  Marc Jacobs Store Clerk,  The Takeaway,  Freud, Sigmund. "The Uncanny." MIT. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, n.d. Web. 1 Dec. 2012. .,  giraffe,  Les nouvelles créatures de Joshua Allen Harris,  Vatican 3-D