tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695611927276549700.post3293861610161100825..comments2024-01-11T02:16:12.933-08:00Comments on Crew Design: Olympic GraffitiMeghan Colvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05032452010441350233noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695611927276549700.post-23376699683508456562008-08-19T10:42:00.000-07:002008-08-19T10:42:00.000-07:00i think this is fairly fascinating -- the ways tha...i think this is fairly fascinating -- the ways that artists who live in a restrictive culture have found to subversively comment on that which is regulated so strictly by the government is interesting [the tibetan antelope in this example, expatriate literature from those in exile, the latin american women who, unable to express themselves otherwise, make tapestries and blankets]. while outsiders may decry the culture wall as a propaganda piece [and i'm sure that in many, many ways it is], it shows the intersection of design and anthropology and its analysis could be very fruitful. i also think it's shortsighted to assume that all graffiti that appears on the mural is necessarily the product of the government's forcing positive imagery for china -- many chinese citizens [as oppressed by the government as people may think they are] are happy with their lives and with the fact that the olympics are being hosted in china. i think it's important that we look carefully at both the graffiti of which the government is proud and the graffiti that has managed to slip through the cracks, subtly subversive pieces which give glimpses of the civil unrest latent within the chinese population.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188277264732308021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5695611927276549700.post-6330705955945312652008-08-14T07:22:00.000-07:002008-08-14T07:22:00.000-07:00interesting and topical post tess! thanks for fuel...interesting and topical post tess! thanks for fueling the olympic fever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com