http://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/not-buying-a-best-buy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-buying-a-best-buy Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof's artblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:43:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/not-buying-a-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7105 roberta Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:11:11 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=11308#comment-7105 Man Bartlett is Bo Bartlett's son, by the way. Man Bartlett is Bo Bartlett’s son, by the way.

]]> http://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/not-buying-a-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7102 cate Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:30:19 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=11308#comment-7102 i liked your post about the "event" - especially about how absurd it was - absurd, but almost sweet in real time - i spent time on Thursday evening at the beginning of his stay and almost went back on Friday - it was better than any "reality show" since it lived in my head, not frozen in the edited footage of a serialized event - i don't use twitter so i missed those parts of his performance, but it stayed live in my head - he was more like a character in a book therefore more compelling than watching. When i went to his site and saw his post that a "$700 pledge" would allow him to end it early, it was so human, so full of real trepidation - i think thats what hooked me on it - the real rather than the scripted experience of time. i went back to the store today and i looked around again and it seemed like a friendlier spot - and the security guy who came over to answer someone's question about headphones was really nuanced - the customer clearly lived on the street and didn't really need headphones, but he received help and a gentle hint to move on. At the end of the day i wanted to but something here - i had just spent more exciting hours in Best Buy Theatre than I had wasted anywhere else in the past week. i found a pair of headphones that I decided to invest in - this was now "my place" and i wanted to thank them for their good will. i liked your post about the “event” – especially about how absurd it was – absurd, but almost sweet in real time – i spent time on Thursday evening
at the beginning of his stay and almost went back on Friday –
it was better than any “reality show” since it lived in my head,
not frozen in the edited footage of a serialized event –
i don’t use twitter so i missed those parts of his performance, but it stayed live in my head – he was more like a character in a book therefore more compelling than watching. When i went to his site and saw his post that a “$700 pledge” would allow him to end it early, it was so human, so full of real trepidation – i think thats what hooked me on it – the real rather than the scripted experience of time.
i went back to the store today and i looked around again and it seemed like a friendlier spot – and the security guy who came over to answer someone’s question about headphones was really nuanced – the customer clearly lived on the street and didn’t really need headphones, but he received help and a gentle hint to move on.
At the end of the day i wanted to but something here – i had just spent more exciting hours in Best Buy Theatre than I had wasted anywhere else in the past week. i found a pair of headphones that I decided to invest in – this was now “my place” and i wanted to thank them for their good will.

]]> http://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/not-buying-a-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7100 libby rosof Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:01:05 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=11308#comment-7100 Funny. Also loved Hrag's post! Cate, love that you ventured where the art was invisible. Funny. Also loved Hrag’s post! Cate, love that you ventured where the art was invisible.

]]> http://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/not-buying-a-best-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-7093 Hrag Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:06:10 +0000 http://theartblog.org/?p=11308#comment-7093 I guess you didn't notice me taking pictures? Sad. I guess you didn’t notice me taking pictures? Sad.

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