You Need More Art

These bike racks sprouted up in town almost overnight. When the news reported the installation, they quoted a man that said he didn't immediately know what they were.

Really? It seemed obvious to me. But then I've been entrenched in art my entire life. I think the fact he didn't know there use, is yet more proof that there isn't enough art in our lives. When you don't learn to be creative it is hard to conceptualize items that may serve more than one purpose. Demand more art!

BIG ART!

A giant cigarette butt was dropped in the middle of Trafalgar Square, London as a protest against the city's burning littering problem. Ever since smoking in indoor public places was banned, Londoners have been smoking outdoors and throwing the stubs on the streets. The Keep Britain Tidy campaign installed the giant structure to remind people that cigarette butts littler 78% of all streets in Great Britain.

Maybe this is what should have been selected for Ann Arbor City Hall!

What do you think, is this art?

This was forwarded to me the other day. Apparently this is a very effective form of speed control. 

People approach the "pot hole" and slow way down so as not to damage their car. They then position their car to straddle the hole and are jubilant when they make it across without feeling a bump. 

I find this humorous and rather cleaver at the same time. This is a creative way to make a living and at the same time make driving safer as long as one doesn't get rear ended while showing down!

This reminds me of a take on Julian Beever's chalk work. He would spend hours drawing on pavement and asphalt creating images that were mind bending. I wonder if who ever created this, saw his work and realized they couldn't spend hours drawing on the pavement , so they came up with this version instead.

Art in unusual places....

I'd heard about a person that had placed ceramic chard's into poured concrete around town, but had never encountered one until the other day. I was walking to the post office and came across this piece. I was so excited I pulled out my camera to snap this shot. 

When I was done, I looked up to see several people with puzzled looks on their faces. They, no doubt, had not idea what I was doing! Why was that crazy lady taking pictures of a curb? This is why! Kind of fabulous in an unexpected way I think.

Government sponsored art!

Who says the government doesn't sponsor art? Here is proof in the pudding!

The United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Military Transport with the 14th Airlift Squadron located at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, files away after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean. Smoke from the flare reveals a crisp, dramatic, startling, and beautiful visual of the turbulent air - including two vortices's each with an "eye" - created by the plane as it flies through the air.