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The museum should take this moment to install a series of mirrors so that when you walk in you are exposed to all the different vantage points and can see it th

by xrd 4y ago

The museum should take this moment to install a series of mirrors so that when you walk in you are exposed to all the different vantage points and can see it the right way, the wrong way and all other ways in between. I bet that would get a lot of extra coverage in the news leading to extra money for the museum. Also, they should advertise that one lucky person will be met by a dastardly villain who emerges from the house of mirrors and then murders them. That would also earn a lot of publicity and more money for the museum. When the villain emerges, they should say "I'm with the Pantone company, and you are looking at illegal colors, prepare to die."

wellpast 4y ago
Your last idea echoes the vibe of 2009's Rape Tunnel art installation: https://web.archive.org/web/20100105065446/http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/the-rape-tunnel-by-sheila-zareno/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105065446/http://www.artlur...
- cpcallen 4y ago
  This is a fascinating, disturbing but thought-provoking article, which (perhaps unsurprisingly) turns out to be a hoax[1], presenting an image of a wind tunnel[2] as something much more sinister. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20091002111149/http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/09/artlurker_explains_rape_tunnel.php https://web.archive.org/web/20091002111149/http://blogs.miam... [2] http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5x7.htm http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5x7.htm
dirtyid 4y ago
I would like a website to randomly disply abstract paintings in different orientations and survey on which one feels the "rightest". For some reason the right side up Montrian in the article does look more correct in my eyes.
- heavenlyblue 4y ago
  What makes you feel you hqve not been bullied by the art critics to believe this is "the right way"? Have you done a blind test? Does it mean you evaluated the right position while seeing the art piece for the first time jn your life? I doubt that.
  - dirtyid 4y ago
    > not been bullied by the art critics Maybe I've just a man of discerning taste :-/. Jokes aside, I used to spend a lot of time in architecture and visual art studios. Sometimes flipping canvas or conceptual models around will make stuff from looking wrong to right. Get opinion from a group and it won't be 50/50 opinion, there would be some sort of consensus when something simply feels better. Perhaps it's just drinking big design koolaid, being "trained" / "bullied" by the system.

by xrd 4y ago

wellpast 4y ago

Your last idea echoes the vibe of 2009's Rape Tunnel art installation: https://web.archive.org/web/20100105065446/http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/the-rape-tunnel-by-sheila-zareno/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105065446/http://www.artlur...

cpcallen 4y ago
This is a fascinating, disturbing but thought-provoking article, which (perhaps unsurprisingly) turns out to be a hoax[1], presenting an image of a wind tunnel[2] as something much more sinister. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20091002111149/http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/09/artlurker_explains_rape_tunnel.php https://web.archive.org/web/20091002111149/http://blogs.miam... [2] http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5x7.htm http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/wt5x7.htm

dirtyid 4y ago

I would like a website to randomly disply abstract paintings in different orientations and survey on which one feels the "rightest". For some reason the right side up Montrian in the article does look more correct in my eyes.

heavenlyblue 4y ago
What makes you feel you hqve not been bullied by the art critics to believe this is "the right way"? Have you done a blind test? Does it mean you evaluated the right position while seeing the art piece for the first time jn your life? I doubt that.
- dirtyid 4y ago
  > not been bullied by the art critics Maybe I've just a man of discerning taste :-/. Jokes aside, I used to spend a lot of time in architecture and visual art studios. Sometimes flipping canvas or conceptual models around will make stuff from looking wrong to right. Get opinion from a group and it won't be 50/50 opinion, there would be some sort of consensus when something simply feels better. Perhaps it's just drinking big design koolaid, being "trained" / "bullied" by the system.