http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/tanya-aguiniga-performance-crafting-beverly-hills.html
This is an article featuring my inspiring fiber sculpture teacher. In this article, it talks about her using backstrapping techniques to make a weaving. She decides to take this technique out to Beverly Hills as a way to show that there should be no boundaries to making art. She pays for a parking meter, and sets her station up in a parking spot. Policemen come and try to write her a ticket, and she says she didn't do anything wrong because she paid for the spot. So here, you see how Tanya pushes boundaries and makes the audience look at craft in more than a let's-go-to-Michael's-to-buy-pom-poms-kind-of-way. Performance art is seen here.
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/tanya-aguiniga-performance-crafting-beverly-hills.html
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Ivan
4/15/2015 04:04:37 am
I found this article very interesting and inspiring. I thick Tanya had a clear purpose she wanted to bring attention to the objects she had but also bringing attention to the process of backstrap weaving because its something that people haven't seen before. What I found interesting was that she decided to do it in a visible place to see what kind of reaction she would get from being dressed differently. At first she started working wearing a tee shirt with shorts and she got people talking to her. People where interested and wanted to socialize with her. When she moved to the Beverly Hill sign wearing her traditional Mexican clothing she got ignored.
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4/15/2015 07:19:01 am
This was a very interesting article. I'm with the artist if she paid for the spot what is the problem. I have found that some people are just made uncomfortable but strange new things. I live next to forest long morchuary and they have some very beautiful buildings, but are super funny about people taking pictures. I was watching this hawk and it happen to be on top of their tower and i was taking pictures and i noticed a security car pulling up on the other side of the fence. I got the pictures I wanted so I left before any trouble came about. I find this art of weaving to be interesting. I would totally come up to her and ask questions.
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Christine Orihuela
4/29/2015 02:30:22 pm
I love this idea of performance crafting and enjoyed hearing her the process from learning how to do back strap weaving, picking the location, and then changing locations after the cops came. It makes me sad that the Beverly Hills police responded the way they did (after all, she did put money in the meter) , luckily she did not get discouraged and moved to a new location where she was able to find some more grateful observers. :)
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Daisy Ayon
5/4/2015 05:54:30 am
I really enjoyed this story because it gives the reader a perspective of how performance art can be difficult to create. Especially how, Tanya did it. I mean, she should of been allowed to stay in the parking space because she rented it and it is still a public space. It is not like law enforcement has sign saying, "No public weaving allowed." Overall I like the article and I feel like the artist had a clear purpose at the beginning of the performance and it is amazing that she was not afraid for help when she wanted to learn how to weave in Mexico.
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Camille Parillo
5/4/2015 07:43:18 am
I have never heard of backstrap weaving, so I thought it was great that you chose an article with an art process like that. It was good to hear a detailed description of the day of the performance and her thoughts on the project. It is interesting to me when law enforcement sends multiple people and vehicles, not to mention spends the money to have them there to control a non-crime activity such as weaving on the street. Though, the presence of officers did add an element of drama to the story.
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Like Camille said, I found the interesting part of this article to be about the idea of backstrap weaving, which I'd heard of briefly but hadn't seen, so I found that interesting. I also agree with the others, the idea that she paid for the spot seems to me that she could have stayed. I wondered if she was wearing a more traditional outfit there if she would have gotten the same response - when I look at the pictures, it seemed like the traditional outfit made her seem more "professional" I guess, whereas when she was wearing the jeans/t-shirt she was more approachable. I wonder if she would have gotten the same police response had she been wearing a traditional dress. I do like the performance aspect, and the fact that the kid went up and wanted to get all involved despite his mother telling him to not bother her -- well, that just shows that we could get more people engaged in art if we were to make the making more accessible. I'm going to have to think of ways to incorporate that (public performance) more into some of my class assignments ----
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5/6/2015 08:06:24 am
Very Interesting! I remember you telling me about your article. I commend your professor for her bravery to stand in front of the public & the cops and do what she did--until they called in a helicopter of course :/. This article kind of makes me want to take a class with her :3!!! Oh! & go to my homeland--Mexico, to learn cool weaving techniques like this. :)
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