Question 1:
Looking at the data visualizations created by the Futurefarmers and John Klima, the blend between illustration/design/cartography and fine art combined within these pieces is interesting. The line between fine art and commercial art becomes much more grey in reading about tactical media. A few years ago, the Cartoon Network created a Guerrilla ad campaign for the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, in which lite brite-like boxes were displayed in a few locations around the city of Boston that led to a bomb scare. This was entirely for promotion yet is reminiscent in process to the works described in the article. It received an enormous amount of attention. Because corporations are participating in this kind of campaigns- does that diminish or dilute the fine art being created in a similar vein? Do viewers become desensitized to these kinds of encounters? How do artists continue to push these ideas further if viewers become used to being challenged in this way?
Question 2:
In projects such as Joseph's, America's Army, and work from Critical Art Ensemble, it appears that some viewers easily become agitated and potentially angry; this seems to be a common response and is likely intended by the artists that create these works. Is it always the intention of tactical media to agitate? Because of the unpredictability of human behavior, is there ever worry that putting forth risk in this way might backfire in a way that could cause unintended consequences for those that may be in part the subject of the art or that the message is less clear and in some cases might get lost? How do these artists calculate- if they do- how this risk will work out or not? What are some failed projects that went badly?
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