Boxed Up
Last Friday, we went to the Want 2B Square Art Installation, held downtown at the Skylight Studios. The event was put on as a cross promotional marketing event by Scion, in which the Installation consisted of a series of suspended cubes that were open at the bottom so the viewer could stick his or her head into it and see a 3-D panoramic piece of art. Each artist was commissioned to do a larger, 48"X48" and a smaller 24"X24" installation cube, and at the end of the night, the cubes were disassembled and each panel could be bought as a separate piece of art.
The idea was that the cubes were supposed to reference the boxy, cube like appearance of the Scion Xb. Honestly, if corporations can keep giving us events like these, I'm all for it. Some artists and designers get on the high and mighty tip with their work, but everybody's gotta pay the bills, and if you can do so by doing what you love without compromising the integrity of your work, more props to you. Art and commerce have always coexisted in precarious relationship of cat and mouse. Play the game or it plays you.
Dalek, Steve Vaughn, Maya Hayuk and Matzu MTP have some super ill styles, and I love seeing their work whenever I have a chance. We also got a chance to catch a live piece by Duflux, and the free booze never hurts. All in all, the event was pretty dope for what it was. Scion, if you're listening, it sure as hell beat any of your TV spots, but i still don't know if I would buy an Xb, that shit is kinda ugly, no matter how you want to spin it...
