Comments on: Let Freedom Polyphonic Ring

By: Spence

Spence — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:32:52 +0000

Yeah, I’m not so sure what I really think of this. At face value it seems like nothing more than a marketing ploy for art that seems, at face value, like nothing more than “cool” media images and hip, design-y stuff. I’m sure it’s gratifying to dress up your cell phone with something wicked rad, but you’ve just dropped 2 bucks on a tiny pixelated version of a generic Bush attack ad (Oooh, I’m so political, I have an anti-Bush image hidden on my tiny little cell phone) or a Space Invaders retread (Isn’t it ironic that I have arcade graphics on my Razr?).

I know it’s a digital world and all, but why waste your money gussying up your cell phone (which you’ll probably trade up in a couple of months anyway)? Many, if not most or all, of these artists have much cooler, much better work out in the real world, where it affects a greater public, and where the public can affect it.

In the end, it’s up to the consumer. Pretty up your little handset all you like, but don’t be fooled into thinking that you’ve done anything more than just that.

[as a side note: Found Magazine as artist, WTF?]

By: Ellen Lupton

Ellen Lupton — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:53:47 +0000

Why not waste two bucks on a work of art that you might only keep around for a couple of months? Sure beats wasting it on a Starbucks coffee that you will piss away within the next hour.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:09:33 +0000

Wait a minute…. What happened to “Buy Less. Spend More”?!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:58:14 +0000

btw what happend to the canvas ?

By: jason

jason — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:23:29 +0000

There was another company doing this, I thought Wooster Collective was doing it at some point as well…and I just don’t get it. To me it’s like paying for wallpaper for your desktop, who does that? It’s so easy to make your own, I don’t see how this company is staying in business.