Pool of Water

Posted by Shayna Clavin on March 8, 2011 at 2:53pm

I viewed this piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and it was by far my favorite piece. It was a blow up swimming pool filled with water and glass bowls of different sizes. Waves were generated to allow the bowls to cling together and make noise. Do you think something as simple as this is considered an art piece?

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Joseph Stack March 16, 2011 at 7:10pm

yes it is considered art but it is neither creative or impressive. It did not require much thought or time to make.
Chelsea Weininger March 16, 2011 at 5:18pm

I feel like almost anything can be considered contemporary art these days.
Dylan Harris March 16, 2011 at 8:44am

I am not a big fan of this piece, but it is art according to most definitions. Since music and visual displays are both art, a combination of the two should definitely be considered art. However, it is a little bit weird to think that if power stopped generating this piece of work would not have full effect.
Shelby Yoshida March 14, 2011 at 4:53pm

It reminds me of the game at the fair where you try to throw ping pong balls into bowls floating in water. Usually you win a goldfish in a bag. They should have put goldfish in the bowls. That would've been beautiful.
Cong Han March 10, 2011 at 10:31pm

well, if they do not cling the bowls together and do some special design, i may not feel this is art
Kyu Sik Kim March 10, 2011 at 9:14pm

this is definately an art to me
Earl Edwards Jr. March 10, 2011 at 9:12pm

I would say that this is art. I think that it's a creative way to form some type of complex music. I would have to say that it is very abstract art.
Reid Hukari March 10, 2011 at 8:34pm

This is very different. It is pretty interesting but I don't really understand the meaning behind it.
James Poss March 10, 2011 at 8:31pm

I think this thing is hideous. I don't know how this can be considered art. This looks like a ghetto backyard pool that someone accidentally dropped the lunch tray into. It doesn't even look finished. Do not understand how "artists" like this make a living...
- Shayna Clavin > James Poss March 11, 2011 at 7:54am
  
  I beg to differ, mainly because this doesn't look all that thrown together to me. I feel that whoever created this piece put thought into the different sizes of the bowls and how they would create sound that would be heard throughout the entire floor of the museum. If you do not believe this is art, what are your thoughts on that picture of a blue screen?