An Artist’s Alfresco John Hancock (Colin Moynihan)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/arts/design/18momo.html?_r=1&ref=arts
Description:
It is about a piece of street graffiti which has exited for 4 years with a minority of people noticed.
Comment:
When you are walking on the street, will you look forward or look down? Will you notice there may be something on the floor? I seldom notice.
When you first see this photo above, will you notice there is a trait on the floor? When I first see it, I cannot figure out what this means and get confused.
As expected, in the beginning of the story, the journalist writes like that Although it has existed for four years, the paint line has escaped most people’s notice. What is it? What does it mean? Who create it? A series of questions are coming after. However, the writer did not answer these questions right away, but uses some other passersby’s quote (how they think) to continue the mystery.
This is a long piece of street graffiti which gets a lot of controversy, such as legal issues. As a result, when interviewing the artist, he is not willing to reveal his name. The writer tells the readers this kind of massage. It is not important, on contrast, we know better the artwork, not about its meaning, creation process, but also the story behind it. That is what the readers have expected.
After reading this story, it reminds me of a conversation with a professional journalist. He has emphasized many times of different voice to make the news objective. In this story, I can see that. In the end of it, the writer continues to use people’s voice and comment to expend the influence of the artwork, especially the artwork itself is a controversial topic. The comments are very interesting and reflect the situation in that city to some extent. For example, the writer writes that Others suggested that it was part of a code between drug sellers and users. I can imagine according to his words and applaud for people’s ideas. Moreover, in my opinion, the reason why the writer writes them is to deliver the idea that many people will have thousands of interpretations of it, so it is your interpretation now. As for me, I really like the leaving space for the readers to think by themselves, whatever it is.
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