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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Trimpin as a Rolemodel to Artists

I was sad when I looked at the date of this article and found it was from last year. After reading this article, I want to see this man’s work!

Also, Trimpin is an incredible role model for all of us artists. Instead of being upset that people just push a button and then walk away from all of his hard work, Trimpin actually decided to change his exhibit to ensure his audience would stay to watch. I feel like most artists I know would take the viewer’s apathy as personal insult and shrug their shoulders at a lost cause or destroy their creation in a fit of rage. Kudos to someone who does neither of the above and ALSO manages to alter their piece to counteract an apathetic generation.

4 comments:

CSumption said...

You might want to check out Trimpin's installation at the EMP: http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?categoryID=218&ccID=54

CSumption said...

You might also want to read this article from Future Music about Trimpin's work at a science center in Germany: http://www.futuremusic.com/news/june2006/trimpin.html

participant observer said...

FYI, a full-length documentary about Trimpin and his work will be released next year -- watch for it!

Sydney M. Pertl said...

Awesome!! Thank you! :D