Posted 20th October 2017 to the Advocate South Newspaper Te Anau NZ
What is it about public creativity that is polarising in this region ?
Te Anau’s Ray Willet seems to be pushing buttons in that area of late
with his art work inspired by the Department of Conservations lake of advise on Toilet etiquette in the National Park.
I agree with Ray that words and signage are like art as some can be pleasant or disturbing but are an insight into our culture.
History too Is part of our Culture and it needs artistic hands to preserve it and care for it. Signage might be a start.
But artwork is great too in Public Spaces... Years ago I mooted that a Statue of Quentin MacKinnon in the new Te Anau TOWN CENTRE might be a
A focal point. There are calls for a Statue of Donald Sutherland at Milford Sound or a better mausoleum for him and his wife now forgotten behind the
Old THC buildings.
There has got to be more to a community than the here and now narrowly focusing on Utilitarian shows of Wealth Conformity & Comfort or we suffocate.
It’s not like we lack heart & soul.
What is it about public creativity that is polarising in this region ?
Te Anau’s Ray Willet seems to be pushing buttons in that area of late
with his art work inspired by the Department of Conservations lake of advise on Toilet etiquette in the National Park.
I agree with Ray that words and signage are like art as some can be pleasant or disturbing but are an insight into our culture.
History too Is part of our Culture and it needs artistic hands to preserve it and care for it. Signage might be a start.
But artwork is great too in Public Spaces... Years ago I mooted that a Statue of Quentin MacKinnon in the new Te Anau TOWN CENTRE might be a
A focal point. There are calls for a Statue of Donald Sutherland at Milford Sound or a better mausoleum for him and his wife now forgotten behind the
Old THC buildings.
There has got to be more to a community than the here and now narrowly focusing on Utilitarian shows of Wealth Conformity & Comfort or we suffocate.
It’s not like we lack heart & soul.
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