Live Art: Collaborative painting in public places… and gasp! you have to interact with public people
What Joel D'Angelo can, and really wants to do for Austin locals
(Austin, TX)- Photographer Joel D'Angelo had those kind maple eyes and the easy smile that never fails to spark my interest, my trust and hopefully progressive dialogue. I met the
Shoot in Manual worker and Boom Light blogger at Whip In, Austin's 26-year-old convenience store transformed into a restaurant/open-mic/wine/beer bar.
J- I'm taking a local angle with my work. Me and, well, also four other friends had an idea to just set a big canvas up in front of any statue in the city. Then, we'll provide paint, lay brushes all around, and we'll just ask everyone that walks by to come and contribute to the interpretation of the art.
M- How did you guys think of organizing this?
J- We were just hanging out in the living room, all of us painting a statue that was on the table and we thought, we could definitely take this into the community to do something positive. It can bring people together.
M- You're hosting a public event. You obviously have to emanate a 'don't judge me', carefree attitude about it.
J- We want everyone to get involved, that's what this 'live art' concept is about, bringing Austin locals together.
If you're interested in getting in touch with this modern-day D'Angelo and taking him up on his collaborative gesture, tell MicroAUSTIN or contact him directly through his blog
Boom Light, an archive of his Austin photography and wanderings.
If you have any mural, sculpture or other art suggestions for these public painting events, I really encourage you to photo reply MicroAUSTIN with a picture of the art tagged with a location. Suggestions are so much more than welcome.
Above- A MicroAUSTIN view of Whip In. In the last four years the convenience store exploded from mere convenience stop to wine/live music/African-infused Indian food/local beer mecca.
