Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Public?

In my mind the idea of an 'art festival' is in direct contradiction with the idea of Public Space. Although an art festival generates activity, the whole thing being curated becomes a space of dissemination of culture by the people with the power to assume what culture is. Nothing Ridiculous can happen in an art festival. Should something ridiculous be conceived, by a ridiculous person, it would be struck of the list of carefully selected, incredibly well written, works that are to be displayed.
Public space to me, is that space where people can perform their ridiculous ideas at leisure and the only oppossition they receive is no support from their surroundings.
From the location to the curation to the dissemination Kala Ghoda is culture on tap.

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