'Car crash' artist pleased with public's response
ONE of the artists behind a piece of art which sparked a rescue bid has spoken of his delight that it connected with the public.
In Saturday's Sentinel, Andrew Branscombe from Hanley's AirSpace gallery, described how two men broke into a 'crashed' car after hearing voices from inside the boot.
-
'Car crash' artist pleased with public's response
But the car, left outside Staffordshire University's film theatre, was actually a piece of installation art by Glasgow-based Littlewhitehead as part of the Conjunc+ion08 art festival.
And the voices calling for help were recorded on an audio track placed inside the boot.
Artist Blake Whitehead, who works in partnership with 28-year-old Craig Little, said the piece was designed to create a sense of "fake reality".
He said: "I think it is pretty funny and it is nice that it has provoked that.
"We always try to work with quite a bit of realism because we are quite despondent with the abstract, which we find that the general public can't relate to that well.
"But if you use images people are used to, such as a crash, people automatically understand and can get their own interpretation out of it."
2 Comments
by Vicki Cook, Stoke-on-Trent
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 6:39PM
“People will always have negative things to say. Hopefully people will see the good in what these art installations have done all over the city and how they have brought people together.
I hope people that comment this actually take the time out to go and SEE the art. If they do maybe they'll change their minds about how frantic and desperate the guy in the car is.
Can't wait for Conjunction09!! :D”
by Dave, Heron X
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 12:23PM
“What a pratt. I hope he is never stuck in a crashed car shouting for help. Let's see if he still thinks it's funny. Art ?? Emperors New Clothes more like.”