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Hi, thanks to anyone who shows interest. A little while ago I caught some of a PBS special on art, mainly focusing on current artists.
Two of them had the goal of using art to change people on a large scale for the better. One artist I think, was looking to make a
change in society, with his combination of dance and sculpture, the other started buying up buildings in ailing neighborhoods and I
think turning them into places where art shows could happen and using some of the building materials for art. Both seemed to really
believe their art was going to, 1) really going to have a major effect on society and 2) by injecting art and culture into the ailing
neighborhoods, they were going to turn around, sent down the road to positive transformation. My questions is, do you think art
could really do this? I am not completely questioning the power of creativity and art in its various forms to affect people and create
major change. We have all heard or experienced art changing the lives of others and ourselves, but does the power of art end on the
grand scale? Will seeing people dance around in weird outfits from things made from thrift shops change society? Will some art
galleries really change a bad neighborhood? And if it did change it, how do you think it would? Would it change in a way that would
be beneficial to the people who already live there? Or is doing something like this, only going to affect people who are already
interested in it and most people are probably just going to ignore it? Thanks again.
Two of them had the goal of using art to change people on a large scale for the better. One artist I think, was looking to make a
change in society, with his combination of dance and sculpture, the other started buying up buildings in ailing neighborhoods and I
think turning them into places where art shows could happen and using some of the building materials for art. Both seemed to really
believe their art was going to, 1) really going to have a major effect on society and 2) by injecting art and culture into the ailing
neighborhoods, they were going to turn around, sent down the road to positive transformation. My questions is, do you think art
could really do this? I am not completely questioning the power of creativity and art in its various forms to affect people and create
major change. We have all heard or experienced art changing the lives of others and ourselves, but does the power of art end on the
grand scale? Will seeing people dance around in weird outfits from things made from thrift shops change society? Will some art
galleries really change a bad neighborhood? And if it did change it, how do you think it would? Would it change in a way that would
be beneficial to the people who already live there? Or is doing something like this, only going to affect people who are already
interested in it and most people are probably just going to ignore it? Thanks again.