Culture in Action

One of the projects in Kwon in the “Culture for Action” section was the Haha Flood Project. “They exceeded their given status as community-based public art projects: their meaning and value defied the specific art-oriented contextualization of the exhibition” (Kwon 132). Flood grew plants in a hydroponic garden. The point to the project was not to grow food for those affected by AIDS or HIV. While their project was very helpful to unfortunate citizens, it is not art. The more I read about all these strange projects the more I begin to think everything is associated with art. However, according to Kwon, what they did was an outstanding form of art.