Scavenger project aims to highlight booty of art
Published Date:
16 August 2008
EDINBURGH is to host one of the biggest scavenger hunts ever held today, all in the name of art.
The Festival Scavengers event is part of a conceptual work by artist Joshua Sofaer. During the day, 160 people will roam through Edinburgh using lists of clues to attempt to find or obtain objects.
The winning team will receive £2,000, and all the teams' booty will then be used by Scots-born Sofaer to construct an installation at the City Arts Centre as part of the Edinburgh Arts Festival.
Lesley Booth, spokeswoman for the hunt, said that the event – which is sold out – and the resulting piece were a way of challenging how people engage in art. "This project asks questions about the role of the found object in contemporary art practice, ranging from visual art to performance," she said. "It blurs the boundaries between performance, visual art, curator and artist."
The artist has held two scavenger hunts, in San Francisco and London, in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Tate Britain.
The full article contains 184 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
15 August 2008 11:42 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
