Art and Change
The past few weeks, we've had the opportunity to meet with Libby Modern, owner of It's Modern Art on West Chestnut Street in Lancaster. As part of the course, we are on a mission to work with Libby in trying to achieve her goal: creating a sense of community rooted in the concept of art and its power and function in society. One of Libby's favorite ways to accomplish this involves using shock to disrupt the habits that are ingrained in individual people and society - she wants to create experiences that "wake people up" from everyday life. In terms of activism, she also wants people to be aware of politics and the power art has in expressing emotions and evoking emotional responses.
Our task now is to think outside of the box in terms of how we can create an impact to further Libby's vision while considering the constraints of time and budget. At the moment, we are considering potentially helping Libby in terms of redesigning some of the physical aspects of the space that It's Modern Art calls home. Libby loves constant change and consistently alters the space in terms of how furniture, artwork, color, light, and other factors shape the space, so the question we've been asking ourselves is this:
At the moment, we've come up with a few potential ideas to explore before our next meeting with Libby to finalize what we can do to help It's Modern Art further achieve its goal of creating an artistic space for community engagement:
Our task now is to think outside of the box in terms of how we can create an impact to further Libby's vision while considering the constraints of time and budget. At the moment, we are considering potentially helping Libby in terms of redesigning some of the physical aspects of the space that It's Modern Art calls home. Libby loves constant change and consistently alters the space in terms of how furniture, artwork, color, light, and other factors shape the space, so the question we've been asking ourselves is this:
How do you design with constant change in mind?
At the moment, we've come up with a few potential ideas to explore before our next meeting with Libby to finalize what we can do to help It's Modern Art further achieve its goal of creating an artistic space for community engagement:
Painting Library in the Backyard
- Allow anyone passing by to create their own paintings and exchange/ leave behind paintings
- Create painting "prompts" which relate to exhibit at hand
- Structure that allows the space to constantly transform
- Some sort of frame/braces on the wall with railings to allow installations to frequently be changed
- Fits in with Libby's passion for creating art that shocks people and sparking controversy in topics relevant to social activism
- women's rights, planned parenthood, and other movements
- Utilizing both windows, each window having a different component thus engaging the whole space as one that communicates the message
- Establishing an identity for the It's Modern Art movement, creating a hashtag and spreading the message of art and community through social media
- As a means of community engagement
- If people don’t know what modern art is they won’t come in… could affect community engagement
- Creating a sign for the exterior with a new logo
In conclusion, our next steps towards establishing our plan of action include the following:
- Talk to people in the area to understand what community means to the people in the neighborhood and how to create a space that works for them
- Learn community demographics for Chestnut Hill
- Speaking with Libby to learn more about past visual installations to understand the best way to proceed regarding modifying the physical space
We're looking forward to the journey, and cannot wait to share what happens next!
Artistically yours,
Chad, Lauren, and Aditya
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