[H&R] A modest proposal from PDL

[Steven Vroom]

Indeed, What is the world coming too when any artist can perpetrate 
this outrage on the public sense of what art is. This is quite 
dangerous if we get the public THINKING about art. Where will we be?
I am shocked...shocked...I tell you.  Contemporary Artists like PDL are 
trying to make art in the sculpture park is really beyond the pale.
On Aug 5, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Joseph Gray wrote:

> this is an outrage.  how dare they  do such things!!!!  the museum
> should crack down on this sort of frivolous mockery of the artistic
> institution!!!!!!!!
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> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Steven Vroom <vroom at vroomjournal.com> 
> wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Thank you for joining us at the Olympic Sculpture Park yesterday for a
>> beautiful, sun-filled afternoon of art appreciation. We set up our
>> installation without a snag and had a wonderful breakfast at the 
>> Shanty.
>> When we returned, our Wake(up)tm installation was in full effect with
>> tourists and art enthusiasts alike all wondering and contemplating 
>> this new
>> partnership between SAM and Starbucks Coffee. We sat with stretched 
>> ears and
>> listened to the full range of responses, from "Isn't anything sacred
>> anymore?" to "This will be really nice for the tourists." Some 
>> wondered how
>> much Starbucks had to pay for such prime real estate while one fine 
>> lady
>> exclaimed, "Finally sculpture is meaningful!" It was a little strange 
>> to
>> hear an approval of WAKE (up)tm, and visitors explaining the idea to 
>> their
>> family.
>>
>> We appreciate all of the friends and curiosity seekers who came down 
>> to pay
>> us a visit. Certainly it was a beautiful weekend to be other places, 
>> and for
>> those of you who missed the one day installation, please see the 
>> attached
>> photos. This is part two of an ongoing exploration of site specific
>> temporary art installations in public space and we hope that you might
>> stumble across a future PDL project in Bellevue or Seattle.
>>
>> PDL's next adventure will happen at Smoke Farm on Saturday, August 
>> 16, when
>> they dust off one of their Portable Confessional Units and plant it 
>> in a
>> beautiful prairie. It looks like a cross between a giant Ipod and a 
>> Honey
>> Bucket and is equipped to extract all of your toxic thought. It's a 
>> great
>> invention and a good time. If you don't know about Smoke Farm or their
>> yearly performance festival, get with the program 
>> (www.smokefarm.org), it is
>> a treasure and floating down the river is, well, just something you 
>> should
>> do between events.
>>
>> PDL would like to thank Michael Darling and the SAM staff for 
>> allowing PDL
>> to punk them. It says a lot about a large arts organization that is 
>> willing
>> to be misrepresented, misunderstood and the subject of potentially
>> misdirected criticism and disapproval- all in the name of artistic
>> exploration, social experimentation and fun. It is rare and 
>> refreshing. We
>> hope that an espresso stand is never embedded into a sculpture at OSP
>> without great conceptual intent. Hey- maybe that is where all this 
>> leads...
>> I think we are onto something... Maybe corporate sponsorship and 
>> utility IS
>> the future of contemporary art. It would be a wonderful world indeed 
>> if
>> sculpture really did have a purpose. We can dream.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> PDL
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 5, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Joseph Gray wrote:
>>
>>> OMFG WTFBBQ
>>>
>>> I hope Starbucks has to downsize before this actually happens.
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Steven Vroom <vroom at vroomjournal.com>
>>> wrote:
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