“It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people, and disturb comfortable people.” (Woody Guthrie)
After seeing the #BadRagartz2024 exhibits at the Giessenpark a half dozen times, this one is the most disturbing to me.
I guess I’m a little too comfortable.
The words in the giant suspended triangle, “I AM WHAT”, light up in an irregular sequence, and two loudspeakers uttering the highlighted word with a robotic voice, accompanied by a postapocalyptic soundscape.
The park bench below remains mostly empty.
It reminds me of an ultrasonic rodent repellant device some people use in their dwellings. That’s why i produced a pretty gritty short on YooToob…
#badragartz #badragartz2024 #ragaz #skulpture #andyflinn #loop #animation
