http://www.itaggit.com/community/blogs/art/archive/tags/collecting/street+art/default.aspxTags: collecting, street artenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://www.itaggit.com/community/blogs/art/archive/2007/06/05/How-do-you-_2200_collect_2200_-Installation-Art.aspxTue, 05 Jun 2007 17:16:00 GMTcdad7d01-d072-4d43-abc2-18be86d0d081:5714annemarie0http://www.itaggit.com/community/blogs/art/comments/5714.aspxhttp://www.itaggit.com/community/blogs/art/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5714<p>I recently heard about this artist who creates installation art in public places - creepy things, like a &quot;bum&quot; with no face or a man with his head embedded in the wall.&nbsp; To document his work, he has filmed people&#39;s reactions as they pass by his art.</p><p>I was reminded a little of <a href="http://www.candidcamera.com/index.php" title="Candid Camera" target="_blank">Candid Camera</a> and <a href="http://www.ripleys.com/" title="Ripley&#39;s" target="_blank">Ripley&#39;s Believe it or Not </a>- and I am wondering what the artist&#39;s intentions were/are.&nbsp; (I am SO showing my age!)&nbsp; With sites like YouTube - people all over the world can experience his art.&nbsp; But that begs the question of how this changes collecting art... how does one collect installation or performance art?&nbsp; Through a video tape? a blog review? a podcast?</p><p>&nbsp;See video of <a href="http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/" title="Mark Jenkins website" target="_blank">Mark Jenkins</a> in the following links...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlN5X8ec3LA" title="Mark Jenkins Installation" target="_blank">Homeless Man with no Face</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SBR8XmE4PA" title="Mark Jenkins Installation" target="_blank">Man with Head in the Wall</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.itaggit.com/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5714" width="1" height="1">Artvideocollectingperformance artstreet artinstallation art