11mo ago

Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum

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This is terrible.
Aluminium cans should have gone in the recycling! ♻️
- That's just trash with extra steps!
  
  Aluminum is actually one of the most recyclable things we have. To the point where it's better, environmentally, to have single use aluminum cups that get recycled every time.
- You guys have recycling?
Beer can artwork temporarily made interactive.
To be fair, I feel like that's kind of what the artist was hoping for. Would you be reading about his piece if some Philistine with no concept of what constitutes art hadn't thrown it away?
Art exists solely as it is interpreted by the observer.
In this case, the observer interrupted the art as trash.
- I believe this kind of art should embrace the impermanence. The concept is more valuable than the object.
I mean, that makes it a pretty damn successful work.
There was another story like this. The exhibit depicts an after party scene with champagne bottles and other party "trash" everywhere. It was placed in a room. The custodians thought there was a party earlier and promptly cleaned the room.
tbh i would have thrown it away even if i knew it was "art"
- Sounds like museums and art centers aren't your thing.
  
  i love museums and art centers.
  the great thing about art is everyone is free to define it how they want, and no one is wrong.
  "art" to you, "garbage" to me
The idea that someone'd think someone'd littered like that in a museum tickles me a bit.
Good times are symbolized by littering alcohol cans?

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