Thursday, June 10, 2010

Marathon and graffiti in the rain

A wet and grey morning welcomes us to the BOB gallery today, everybody seems to be quite tired but the smell of coffee, tea and fresh bread encourages us to gather around the table and see some examples of previous projects for an art marathon.

The art marathon is a special day to recognize the artistic skills of the neighbors in Bergsjön. We discuss about how to collaborate with this activity and realized that our final projects can be linked to this marathon, even though it is not strictly necessary. We also told the class our first ideas about the projects we would like to do and set up appointments to discuss them next week.

Then comes the afternoon with a discussion about public art, especially graffiti. We go deeper in terms of the difference between legitimized public art forms, e.g. murals, and graffiti; as well as the way it is perceived and if it needs some opposition to be considered as a form of art. The discussion continues informally after the lecture until the group becomes divided, some people attend a concert in the church, some others are interested in a lecture about urban planning at the City Museum.

It seems that the group feels more comfortable with each other. Probably the coldness of the day is being replaced by warm friendship.