"Even someone who has never set foot in a museum before can appreciate art like this. This 'interactive' art installation by artist Hannes Broecker in Dresden, Germany, features wall-mounted containers filled with deliciously intoxicating cocktails for patrons to enjoy."
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This is weird and cool. First thing that comes to mind is how they keep it from spilling when you take the glass out from underneath the frames. And does everyone drink out of the same glass? Cause that just screams germs to me.
This is really strange but unique. I don't see how exactly it's art. Maybe if there was more art in the room to look at after looking at the cocktail containers then maybe it could work but looking at containers of different colored liquid isn't that interesting...
This is one way to make museums 'fun.' although I do think this is strange obviously I have to say that I would be that person enthralled by watching the height of the liquid go down. I think that if there was other art in the room it would have to be modern and 'off' a bit like this so as not to cheapen this installation. If there were classic pieces in the room I think the containers could be easily pushed aside as not being 'art.'
It's an interesting approach to stimulating a new sense through art. I'm surprised that the artist did not go the lengths to try and interact with a variety of senses instead of just focusing on one.Personally, I think the challenge would have come from stimulating as many senses as possible with one piece.
this artist is very smart. i'm sure drunk patrons buy a lot more art than sober ones.
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Art work that gets you drunk...Wow. I don't iknow if it's neccessarily "art" perse', but if ART is just looking at the world through strange sunglasses, then i suppose this qualifies. Are there old security guards watching the door id'ing kids that walk in? How do they regulate this sort of thing? And who is refilling all those walls of alcohol. Museums, in their design, are pretty boring. Any way to spice up the art adventure, i'm all for. What this really leads to is the fact that museums, in their design and delivery of art, are old and passe. Someone needs to think of a way to present visual art in a such a way as to make it exciting and engrossing, rather than just making us all absent silent observers.
While I think this is a cool idea, I would be interested to see more complex things done with the liquids.
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This is not art. It is just another bizaar new thing that is getting publicized because it is jsut so stupid. How dare they compare this artist to picasso.
I as a responsible college student who would never drink under age can't really comment about how alcohol in an art museum would play out. I can say that the idea of mixing different senses into one experience is something that is happening even in theatre today. Each experience accentuates the other creating something new. My only question is if the insurance rate goes up for the other art pieces with people drinking and... arting?
It seems to me that in Germany drinking does not have the same stigmas that it does in the United States, so after we, Americans, get over the initial premise of alcohol as art, at base what makes it “art” is that it looks pretty and gets you drunk (or “stimulated senses”). I don’t think it would go over as well in America. I see why it is successful, but after you pay to see it, what is there to do? There are 30 identical glass cases with no difference except each case has a differently-colored cocktail. So what is there to do? Drink! That’s it! It does not stimulate any other sense except taste, in fact it arguably hinders all of your senses, so is this really successful in the goals that the artist and article says it represents?
What a genius this man is. It's definitely a unique idea. Bartenders are often considered artists in their own right (as are chefs) for their creativity in presentation and taste. Why not frame it and appreciate the color in some actual light before sampling?
Museums--art museums especially--should serve alcohol anyway. They do it when they open an exhibit...just extend the bar run.
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