The Amazing 337 Project
Early I posted a quick blog about the then upcoming 337 project. I ended up visiting the 337 project on its opening night with the Mr. Math as KNB gave us his tickets, allowing us to avoid the 3 hour wait.
The project was utterly astounding, and just as astonishing was the Salt Lake community’s interest. The 337 project was a gallery “exhibit” I would expect to see in Chicago and New York, not in conservative Utah. Yet on opening night the wait to get in was 3 hours and I heard rumor that the next night was just as popular.
Word on the street is that some folks are lobbying to keep the project open. I have mixed feelings on the topic as I believe part of what makes the project so special is it’s finite life and I have to wonder if the artists created these pieces with the life line in mind. On the flipside, it could be a great tourist attraction and could be a monumental hangout for each gallery stroll. It have also heard that the deciding organization has chosen to keep the building open for a longer period of time due to the popularity, but I haven’t seen any confirmation on this fact either.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:58 am
Nice! I saw it the opening night from Ichiban (across the street). We tried to get back the next weekend but we ended up missing it because we were off doing other stuff. We walked around the outside and it was amazing, but we didn’t get to see the inside.
So - my vote it to keep it open! Why kill one of the only cool artistic things in Utah?
And no, those lame-ass buffalo from the Olympics are NOT cool. They make me embarrassed to be human every time I see them.
June 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 am
The piece you are referring to in the bathroom is actually part of a whole, playing with positive and negative space. The opposite wall had a person carved out positively, with loving, rather than destroying comments doing the work. I like to think that while people tend to polarize things, the truth is usually somewhere in the middle.