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NEWSFLASH: If you're doing something specifically to get attention, it's possible the attention you get might not be to your liking. (Though I agree people sho
by drcode 13y ago
NEWSFLASH: If you're doing something specifically to get attention, it's possible the attention you get might not be to your liking.
(Though I agree people should be more open to people doing fun performance-ish stuff like this, it does not mean a performer is entitled to receive only positive reactions.)
- pdenya 13y agoI don't think you can expect this type of reaction from a performance. One of the larger issues is that people don't get that it was a performance. Roughly equivalent to taking a picture of a clown and making fun of him for his make up as if he walks around like that in every situation.
- drcode 13y agoIf you do some kind of guerilla performance art, going around in public doing weird stuff, then most people will probably not realize it's a performance. Expecting otherwise seems irrational.
- opminion 13y ago"Hate" is a proper subset of "negative reactions".
- phogster 13y agoNo subset of negative reactions is proper.
- sliverstorm 13y agoYour parent used an uncommon meaning of a word, and you reinterpreted it with the most common meaning! How clever of you!
- Gigablah 13y agoYou used sarcasm! I bow down to your magnificent display of wit.
- canthonytucci 13y agoContext is so important. I remember seeing this on reddit and thinking that surely it must be staged satire, poking fun at the types (pun intended) of people one sees around Chelsea. Without the context of it being a piece of (really rather compelling) performance art, the photo looks like a person who is trying very hard to be noticed.
- drcode 13y agoI guess the issue for me is that there is a cachet in our society for successful artists- That's why so many people want to try art, because art is "cool". But the reason art is cool is PRECISELY BECAUSE artists have to take risks and stick their necks out and have to be able to take the heat if their art gets a bad reception. It seems to me OP wanted the cachet of doing art, but doesn't want to accept the risk that is an integral part of being an artist.
- zalew 13y ago> It seems to me OP wanted the cachet of doing art, but doesn't want to accept the risk that is an integral part of being an artist. yeah, many celebs behave that way. they don't mind seeking irrational popularity that makes them sign multi-million contracts, but get extremely butthurt when popular opinion shifts against their favor when something goes wrong. the same medium and communities that made them famous and rich suddently get called a bunch of abusive haters that need to get exterminated.
- gknoy 13y agoHe expected to be criticized for what he saw was the performace: writing stories. He did NOT expect to have his "Hey I'll type anything for you" sign completely hidden, and therefore the pictures about him to be taken completely out of context. In real life, you can see something like that, and then walk around until you see the sign and have better context, and be less dismissive or confused. When all you have is a photo, that's less easy.
- drcode 13y ago
- aaron695 13y ago> NEWSFLASH: If you're doing something specifically to get attention, it's possible the attention you get might not be to your liking. What on earth was he doing to get attention? He was doing a job. If you are writing stories for people in a park, a typewriter is probably the best way to do it, how else would you? How was he trying for attention any more than the ice cream van I'm sure was down the road? Since when do people working in public have to be "NEWSFLASH"ed that they are trying to get attention.
- drcode 13y agoI don't know if you've ever had to do any significant writing on a manual typewriter, but it is a very difficult process. It would much, much easier to write it out long hand (he has great hand writing, as can be seen on his sign.). Even better would be to write it up o a laptop, let the customer view it on the screen, then email it to them later. Or, write it up on a phone with a $20 Bluetooth keyboard and email it immediately. Lots of different superior options exist, depending on his budget. Bottom line, using a manual typewriter is a theatrical element and designed to draw attention to him.
- aaron695 13y agoYou seriously think you can't type on a typewriter? As to doing it electronicly, he deals with that issue, a electronic story email would have little value to most people. ---------------- My favorite exchange was between “I_thrive_on_apathy” and “dlins”: i_thrive_on_apathy: What the fuck is he going to do with that typed page? Scan it? Dlins: you do realize things have value even if they're not digitized, right? i_thrive_on_apathy: Huh? ------------------------------