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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 14, 2011, 12:59:23 pm

Title: Another Artwork in Danger from Overzealous Cleaners ;-)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 14, 2011, 12:59:23 pm

Just in case you've been wondering why photography, on average, is losing value:

Artist Fills Room With 24 Hours of Flickr Photos (http://mashable.com/2011/11/14/flickr-kessels-photography/)

Title: Re: Another Artwork in Danger from Overzealous Cleaners ;-)
Post by: RSL on November 14, 2011, 01:05:08 pm

Great, Slobodan. Unfortunately it's losing a lot more than monetary value. But the same thing has happened to painting, music, poetry, you name it.

Title: Re: Another Artwork in Danger from Overzealous Cleaners ;-)
Post by: JonathanRimmel on November 14, 2011, 01:05:49 pm

Excuse me while I go smack my head against this wall... *SMACK

Title: Re: Another Artwork in Danger from Overzealous Cleaners ;-)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 14, 2011, 01:25:54 pm

Now, the artist took, imho, a wrong commercial approach. Instead of printing millions of Flickr photos, he should have printed a single one, any one, as a 143 x 73-inch chromogenic print, face-mounted on Plex, and I am sure it would sell for millions (j/k) ;)

Title: Re: Another Artwork in Danger from Overzealous Cleaners ;-)
Post by: RSL on November 14, 2011, 02:01:01 pm

Or he could rig out a Stearman with colored smoke and do the print in skywriting. It'd be the equivalent of a Christo installation.