Faithful blog readers will recall our excellent coverage of UC-Berkeley's stalled (or failed?) attempt to close People's Park for construction of student housing. The Daily Cal features the photo above of a stalled bulldozer which seems to have become an art piece. Perhaps the bulldozer will have to be preserved, along with the Park. Or maybe - even with the new decorations - it will someday resume its work. We will see. From the Daily Cal:
...Determined to leave his mark on the park, Ramon Blanco-Barrera — known by his artist name 233 — transformed a bulldozer left by campus into an art installation... The community came together, Blanco-Barrera said, to help him fulfill his idea to wrap the bulldozer in blue and gold and turn it into a gift for Chancellor Carol Christ. Below stood a plaque made of the limbs of trees that once stood in the park. Beneath the plaque, attendees planted marigolds which, according to Blanco-Barrera, symbolize a new growth and blooming for People’s Park...
Full story at https://www.dailycal.org/2022/09/07/art-activism-combine-at-peoples-park-over-labor-day-weekend/.
===
https://ia601402.us.archive.org/25/items/big-ten/berkeley%20art.mp3
No comments:
Post a Comment