{"id":1423,"date":"2010-01-04T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/01\/robert_zverina_as_lloyd_dobler\/"},"modified":"2010-01-04T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T22:50:07","slug":"robert_zverina_as_lloyd_dobler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/01\/robert_zverina_as_lloyd_dobler.html","title":{"rendered":"Robert Zverina as Lloyd Dobler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) in Say Anything<\/em><\/a>, 1989:<\/p>\n

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I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.
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Robert Francis Zvernia<\/a> as himself, from email sent, 2010:<\/p>\n

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I guess I’m what you’d call a new media artist. I work primarily in digital photography and video and have been distributing my work online since 1997. I’m no Luddite but I am concerned about the inclusion of cell phone art and the like as appropriate media for submission in the below call for public art proposals. Here’s why:
\nPublic art by definition should be free and accessible to all. Cell phone art and the like violate this basic principle by requiring the purchase of equipment and\/or services from commercial interests in order to access the nominally public work. While the incorporation of fee-attached technologies may be acceptable in private settings, any work which is publicly funded and located should be self-contained and present no financial barriers to its appreciation.
\nI hope you will keep this in mind as you fulfill your roles as stewards of the public trust.
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Zverina takes issue with a call for proposals from Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In collaboration with Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs seeks an artist to create a new media artwork for the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop.
\nThe Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop is a pedestrian trail that surrounds Lake Union in Seattle. The selected artist will create a new media project drawing on the history and\/or context of the site. Possible media include podcast- or cell-phone based audio work, audio and\/or video tours using mobile media and GPS, and walking tours or interactive events using the Web.<\/p>\n

Eligibility: \tOpen to professional artists living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and California.
\nBudget: \t$18,000 all-inclusive
\nDeadline: \t11 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 (Pacific Time)
\nDetails here<\/a>. \n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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