I'm mostly posting this so I don't forget it - I was watching a documentary about art in America. They profiled some library in... Massachusetts? Or Maine. See, I'm already forgetting!
But the library took some old books they were going to throw away, and gave them to artists to turn into altered books. The altered books were then displayed in the library. Nice- giving artists something to do, recycling, promoting local culture blah blah blah
Then came the genius part: they slapped bar codes on the books and allowed people to check them out. Loanable art! Why bother buying a sculpture when you can rent one for 2 weeks? Anyone can have some art in their house for awhile, then give it back for other people to check out.
Why is this idea not everywhere?
Monday, June 13, 2011
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