User:Stevenarntson/The Commons/Guerilla Art

Today in class, we'll look at public artworks by a variety of artists who don't ask permission. This doesn't necessarily mean the artwork is illegal. You don't have to ask anyone's permission, for instance, to walk to work while wearing a blue shirt, though that is undeniably public.

Busking

 * Joshua Bell
 * The Tuba Man

Politics

 * Reverend Billy
 * Damali Ayo
 * Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (website)
 * Instant Grant Program

Repurposing

 * The Pixelator
 * The Splasher
 * Add Art

Pranks

 * Improv Everywhere
 * Biotic Baking Brigade gets Bill Gates

Graffiti

 * Fast Graffiti
 * Reverse Graffiti Project
 * Alexandre Orion
 * Graffiti.org
 * Seattle Street Art
 * Julian Beever
 * Arrested for chalk art.

Guerilla becomes Sanctioned

 * Park(ing) Spaces in Portland
 * The Monolith, placed in Seattle in 2001.
 * Ball and chain around the leg of SAM's Hammering Man

Other

 * Project for Public Spaces
 * mARK oWEns' "puddle poems"
 * Theo Janssen's Strandbeests
 * Seattle's Free Sheep Foundation.
 * A short excerpt of Seattle's legal code.
 * In class, we'll also watch this short movie: Thoth. Here is the performer's website.