In last part of the book, New Media in Art by Michael Rush mentions artist Paul Garrin, white devil, (1993) an interactive cinema installation. The viewers are placed in middle of imaginary neighborhood as they pass through the the gallery space surveillance cameras track their gestures and dangerous dog appears on video screens to scare them. Similar, to how stereo-profiling is in some neighborhoods. Mainly, ones that are not use to having people of different backgrounds. But at the same time this also views that everyone is suspicious regardless of race, ethnic, or religion. Treated as equals in the view of the cameras and the dog. Terrifying movie.
K Foundation's performance K Foundation Burn a Million Quid , Aug. 23, 1995 Andrew Ruesseth mentions a couple artist including Andy Warhol, and the infamous banana on the wall piece of art. And how much is art worth? A comment on society's values of high art which raises the question of what makes using money in art wrong. Burning it to make a statement that we put so much value in a piece a paper that all it is a piece of paper. Or using precious gemstones that valued high rate already why make a ridiculous medium out of it. Because why not that how most people live their lives thinking about money. Either you have a lot of it or live paycheck to paycheck. And if you live middle class all you do is hope you live to move up or down.
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