A piece that stood out to me in class on March 2, wasn't any ordinary piece. This piece entitled, "The Lights Going On and Off" by the artist, Martin Creed, was simply an empty room with the lights on a timer, turning on for five seconds and off for five seconds (this cycle repeated itself over and over again.) It seems to me, that this isn't really art work, but instead just the use of electricity. However, someone thought it was genius, because Martin Creed won the Turner Prize from the Tate Museum in London, England for this piece. This is related to the question that Dave Hickey brought up in on of my earlier blogs. If an average, everyday, person came to the museum with this idea off of the street, would the museum directors really think that this piece was worth their gallery space? I personally don't think so. It is so interesting to hear about these pieces during class, because you wouldn't ever think that something as simple as turning a light on and off could win an award, since it is something that everyone does multiple times a day on a daily basis, but it happens!
-Steph
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