Social Art

Son-in-law Tom Weidenbach (Director of Education and Exhibits at The Children's Museum, Greenville, SC) used the term "Social Art" to describe the work of Playmotion and Snibbeinteractive. I have written previously about another Social Artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. (I love that term "Social Artist," though I think it could be applied to many people. Even a humble designer of Junkyard Sports.)

These pieces are predictors of the future of fun, and these artists are busy creating that very future in museums, on buildings, in public squares. They are providing us with a new premise for play. They distract us from self-consciousness, taking us away from ourselves so we can dance, move, walk around, hold hands, or just, as in the illustration, stand still and watch ourselves take root. They are fun by any measure. They give us a way to meet, to share a moment of wonder, to find ourselves together in a world that is only partly tangible.

Social art. Deep fun.


from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith