Public art is a platform where individuals’ visions of
society come alive in everyones's eyes . Saner talks about the neoliberalist society that has imposed
an economic, social, cultural, political, psychological, and spiritual system in our minds. He emphasizes the need to look beyond the measurable facts.
The keepers of knowledge, the corporations, the elite bombard our minds with their billboards of materialism. Imagine a place where art is allowed to be displayed in the same way as the aristocrats' businesses.
If life, for most, can only be understood visually, public arts are narratives for hope. Art as a passionate study can give us footprints for a new society. Diego Rivera tells us "It has been said that the Revolution does not need art, but that art needs of the revolution. That's not true. The Revolution needs a revolutionary art ".
The keepers of knowledge, the corporations, the elite bombard our minds with their billboards of materialism. Imagine a place where art is allowed to be displayed in the same way as the aristocrats' businesses.
If life, for most, can only be understood visually, public arts are narratives for hope. Art as a passionate study can give us footprints for a new society. Diego Rivera tells us "It has been said that the Revolution does not need art, but that art needs of the revolution. That's not true. The Revolution needs a revolutionary art ".
This video not only talks about the importance of art, but also breaks stereotypes manufactured by the media of Mexico . This gives you a perspective beyond the drug cartels and the violence. The artists in Mexico are very much in touch with the nation's issues and use their art to bring change. Sego and Saner are involved with "Niños en Contacto" (childhood in contact), where they decorate the classrooms with imagination, they teach art and encourage art curriculums in the education system.
This is my alternative media; colors, pencils, kids and imagination.
http://vimeo.com/32690243
One of the artists mention that some people just don't go musuems, but grafitti is an art form that can reach them. I totally agree graffitti can be that medium to speak and teach some people who otherwise wouldn't be reached. I also love how the video was used to document that art form in the making to spread it to even more widespread audience. I totally feel him when they talk about somethings just have to be seen with the heart's eyes.
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