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> I tend to view the one metre of highway as unintended contemporary art. Can you elaborate? Sometimes I distract myself so much from my country politics (Roma

• petre 8y ago
  The autor intended a protest but he did more than just that in reality. His work would easily qualify as contemporary art if announced in a "proper" context: open air art exhibit with wine, pastry, a sophisticatedly worded brochure and invited art critics. I'm not saying he should have done that, but it is art, regardless. This stunt hints a bit at the Russian Voina performance art group, but they're even more radical and labelled as hooligans by the state media. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voina Add to that the country wide 15 minute strike that followed. That one was huge. Cars stoped dead in the street in major cities, big companies stopped work. Wow. Just think: a protest art event with hundreds of thousands people participating.