[ST] Stairwells

Laura Sweet laura.sweet at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 08:50:40 EST 2007


Honestly, art can't make people linger. You would need chairs, warmth,
drinks and snacks to make people stick around in the stairwells.

Thanks for thinking my art is that good though!

La

On 12/5/07, Benjamin Cline <brc at peppermint.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Laura Sweet wrote:
> > I have been dreaming and imagining what I would do to make those
> > magnificent stairwells a happening place to be. That it is possible,
> > and you are speaking of a need to have amusing images posted in the
> > stairwells is wonderful news to me.
> >
> > Please, please can I be a part of whatever is going to be put up?
> > There is so much wall space for so much interesting art in those
> > stairwells, and visibility of several floors at a time.
> >
>
> While I like the idea of having clever and funny signs to make the stairs
> a little more enjoyable and help encourage people to use them, I don't
> think we want people to linger or congregate in the stair wells, just pass
> through (more like an amusement park line than an art gallery).
>
>        Benji
>
> --
> Benjamin R. Cline
> brc at peppermint dot org
>


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