EMMA: New Ground

private acts in public spaces

I'm a little stuck on what to write about this week, but I did mean to mention this thought in Thursday's discussion.

Last quarter in my qual. research class we had to turn in project proposals. Projects wherein we would do a bit of practice fieldwork in a public space. I suggested doing mine in the gallery space at the wex. The professor turned that down by saying that what people do in an art gallery, though a public space, is a private activity. That the act of seeing or experiencing art is a private act. I was interested in that distinction. Seeing private acts in public spaces.

posted by Ashley @ 5:11 PM