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This is so weird but cool Is there a genre of art like this? That focuses on seemingly mundane stuff?
by arduinomancer 4y ago
This is so weird but cool
Is there a genre of art like this?
That focuses on seemingly mundane stuff?
- frereubu 4y agoNot quite so mundane I suppose, but the meticulousness reminds me of Dan Graham's Homes For America: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/105513 https://www.moma.org/collection/works/105513 It's a detailed description of the pseudo-choice offered to buyers of tract houses in the 1960s. Edit: And Hans Haacke's America Is Hard To See: https://archive.curbed.com/2015/9/2/9924926/hans-haacke-photography-slumlord https://archive.curbed.com/2015/9/2/9924926/hans-haacke-phot...
- hbn 4y agoThere's a show I like called How To with John Wilson. It's hard to explain, but it's kind of just a guy digging into a topic each episode, going down rabbit holes of various subcultures and industries, winding up meeting strange people in strange places, and filling a lot in with mundane footage captured in his day-to-day life in New York. I have trouble giving an elevator pitch for the show, it's better watched than described. But I think "finding the interesting in the mundane" is what makes me enjoy the show so much.