This artifact demonstrates the following objectives:
- Examine public art’s role in capturing history and place-making.
- Explore the relationship of cultural values to civic dialogue, beautification and identity.
A LOVE LETTER TO SYRACUSE from samuel j macon on Vimeo.
This video is about public art and its ability to rebuild communities. We discussed how public art can symbolize identity and history, and in a way those things can bring people together. There is more to a community than what you see. The people make the community not the structure. I think this video can be example of both of the objectives for this artifact.
I wrote about public art and the public art murals in the University of Oregon libraries. Public art has less of a aesthetic definition, but more importantly, the definition must connect it to the people. The Runquist Murals show points of history that are relevant to the University of Oregon community. People within the community can connect to the piece and this is essential to public art.
Another important part of public art in my opinion is that people within the community must be involved in some form or all forms. This helps the community know that they worked together to make their community better. Whether it is through funding or cleaning tools, everyone can pitch in and help their community through public art.
You can view this artifact here.
In the future, I plan to pay more attention to the public art in my community and possibly even research the making of it. I would like to know how I identify to the public art in my own community or the community that I someday become apart of.