Wal-Mart Performance Art
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'Performance art' hits Wal-Mart
Store staff forces crowd to leave
By AARON JOLLAY
Published , December 08, 2003, 06:00:01 AM EDT
The Oconee County Wal-Mart was under siege Friday night by a guerrilla performance art project staged by University students for their Studio Art 2810 final.
The students, who call their group "Private Agenda," held a rave in the family bathroom and a fashion show in the electronics department before being asked to leave by Wal-Mart staff, who warned participants over the store's public announcement system that they could be arrested.
"Wal-Mart is the New America ... united we stand, 24 hours a day, consume, consume, consume," said James Kubie, a sophomore from Dunwoody and an organizer of the performance.
Kubie said the project was put together by students without any input from their teacher, Michael Oliveri.
"We just wanted something we could do at Wal-Mart to bring the youth culture and the art world into kinda like a fluorescent-lit wasteland," he said. "We thought that most of the employees would get a kick out of it, but a lot of the older employees were not amused by it."
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'Performance art' hits Wal-Mart
Store staff forces crowd to leave
By AARON JOLLAY
Published , December 08, 2003, 06:00:01 AM EDT
The Oconee County Wal-Mart was under siege Friday night by a guerrilla performance art project staged by University students for their Studio Art 2810 final.
The students, who call their group "Private Agenda," held a rave in the family bathroom and a fashion show in the electronics department before being asked to leave by Wal-Mart staff, who warned participants over the store's public announcement system that they could be arrested.
"Wal-Mart is the New America ... united we stand, 24 hours a day, consume, consume, consume," said James Kubie, a sophomore from Dunwoody and an organizer of the performance.
Kubie said the project was put together by students without any input from their teacher, Michael Oliveri.
"We just wanted something we could do at Wal-Mart to bring the youth culture and the art world into kinda like a fluorescent-lit wasteland," he said. "We thought that most of the employees would get a kick out of it, but a lot of the older employees were not amused by it."
(more at site)
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