WE BROUGHT ART TO A COMMUNITY THAT LACKED IT?

[rmd]

BROUGHT ART TO A COMMUNITY THAT LACKED IT

Oh, bitch, IT IS ON. I'm sorry, have you MET Somerville?

I am *not* going to stir up shit about this in the actual dslj post because Ron is right - it is a distraction from the main point, which appears to be "sexism, street harassment, and rape culture are alive and well", but oh man, did that line ever get my blood pressure up.

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[cz_unit]

Somerville has art? Wait, you guys junked the DAMN HUGE ELK THAT TOLD ME WHERE FANDOM HOUSE WAS! What kind of art is left there?

Ok, maybe the one way street sign with two arrows or the STOP sign with the blinking green light under it would qualify as art....

:-)

C
(More to the point, it sounds like this person had a REALLY bad experience in the park. WTF?)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I lament the loss of that elk on a regular basis. I assume the Elk's club took it back or something.

On the intersection between public art and phones... The city has been doing some amusing things with the remnants of dead payphone installations. here's one Rachel Mello did (http://www.rachelmello.com/media/installation/this-is-a-long-distance-call/). There's another one (http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/phone/hutchison) down the street that I really like, too.

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

the elk moved up to rt 128 ! if you're nostalgic, it's easy to see again.

[clauclauclaudia]

!!!! I did not know this!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

WHAT? WHERE?

[totient]

128 in wakefield.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Oh! I didn't realize it was the same Elk. I figured there was, you know, some kind of standard elk statue that the Elks ordered or something. YAY ELK! I will wave to it when I drive by, from now on.