http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/ Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12820 Steve Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:20:30 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12820 It is nice to see a truely productive protest rather than the usual just noise

]]> http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12801 Max Batt Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:36:35 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12801 Yes you are both right, it is counterproductive to attack people who are only trying to do something good.

]]> http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12798 Robert Perrone Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:06:17 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12798 Not everybody is able or willing to engage in mass social/political protests. Those who consider themselves agents of change, revolutionaries, activists, etc. must learn to accept people as and where they are and not apply rigid, purist definitions that tend to eliminate the overwhelming majority of people as participants in any revolution. If we are to successfully bring about change, we must unite all who can be united. Labeling honest and sincere people who are trying to bring about change in their own way, defeats that purpose.

]]> http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12792 Adrienne Skye Roberts Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:21:11 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12792 Hi Matt, thanks for your comments. Like I mentioned in the blog it is my hope that the garden is one form of protest and doesn’t replace engagement in other broader political movements or campaigns – I think it’s important not to stop there or with any socially relevant artistic project for that matter. Also once a lot of produce is generated FARM plans on donating half to the SF Food Bank while allowing the rest to be used by the students or others in the area as they wish.

]]> http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12791 Max Batt Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:58:11 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12791 I think a lot of designers/ artists are quite diluted about how much their work affects the real world. I honestly feel it’s a cop out to build a miniscule garden and say that’s your form of “protest” without having engaged in any social or political action. The only people who will interface with this are other CCA artists, which comes off as self-serving to me.

]]> http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/06/the-garden-as-protest/comment-page-1/#comment-12788 chinese culture Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:39:05 +0000 http://blog.sfmoma.org/?p=2978#comment-12788 Yeah, I grew from a farm before.
Thanks for your post

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