Comments on: Rail Rider’s Throne http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/10/rail-riders-throne/ Art Is Where You Find It Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steven Chang http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/10/rail-riders-throne/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Steven Chang Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:33:56 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=308#comment-150 That's a good point you make the subway stations. I never thought about it that way. Setting is important for an artwork because we know that artists are attentive to the walling and lighting surrounding their artwork in a museum. Likewise, the atmosphere and feel of the subway station can affect the artwork. However, the artist Michelle Greene does not have much control over the surroundings of the artwork besides its location (after all the lighting might vary due to the weather or broken lights). Like you said, the station can be quiet or crowded during certain times of the day. That’s a good point you make the subway stations. I never thought about it that way. Setting is important for an artwork because we know that artists are attentive to the walling and lighting surrounding their artwork in a museum. Likewise, the atmosphere and feel of the subway station can affect the artwork. However, the artist Michelle Greene does not have much control over the surroundings of the artwork besides its location (after all the lighting might vary due to the weather or broken lights). Like you said, the station can be quiet or crowded during certain times of the day.

]]> By: Zoe Sheehan Saldana http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/2007/10/rail-riders-throne/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Zoe Sheehan Saldana Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:38:05 +0000 http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/seminars/saldana07/?p=308#comment-127 Good for you to do a bit of research on the work! If you were interested, perhaps you might enjoy finding the other pieces in the subway made by the same artist (if there are any) and visiting them? I would imagine that the character of the individual stations that the works were in might affect your perception of the works as well - for instance, encountering the works in a busy station might be very different than finding them in a quiet station. Even the changing time of day in the same station might lead to different perceptions of the work. The point I'm trying to get at is the way in which the work responds to or is informed by the site in which you find it. Good for you to do a bit of research on the work! If you were interested, perhaps you might enjoy finding the other pieces in the subway made by the same artist (if there are any) and visiting them?

I would imagine that the character of the individual stations that the works were in might affect your perception of the works as well – for instance, encountering the works in a busy station might be very different than finding them in a quiet station. Even the changing time of day in the same station might lead to different perceptions of the work. The point I’m trying to get at is the way in which the work responds to or is informed by the site in which you find it.

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