11th
Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL / It’s A Wrap
Wow.
What a journey!
What have we unleashed?
Seems since we began our ritual of AiOP 2011, the times have changed. There’s a current heightened awareness of public space and actions in public spaces. During the festival we witnessed quite a few from the Slut March, Skateboarder Critical Mass, to the ever powerful Occupy Wall Street.
What’s next?
I am very happy to see people engaged and outraged in public spaces. Being in the public realm, you can feel it ‘in the air’- something is happening. Hopefully this is only the beginning of a much needed shift in consciousness.
Please accept my sincerest gratitude and admiration for the tremendous amount of effort that everyone has given to this project: staff, artists, collaborating organizations, participants, documentary team, friends, family, lovers, donors and sponsors, passersby, pedestrians, festival goers, activists - all instigators of positive change. We are making a difference in the world through our actions and I thank you for working together to create rituals.
- Ed Woodham, Director
