Numerous people over the last two years have joked that our motto "11 days of art under the radar" may no longer be appropriate, given the incredible amount of press the festival has been getting: the covers of both Gusto and Artvoice two years in a row, numerous other articles in other papers and magazines, tv spots, and so on. (The obvious response to smart alecks is: Hey, it's the art and the people who make it that are--and remain--under ye olde radar, not this 2-week blip once a year. I can almost guarantee that most of these same media outlets would be much less likely or able to cover most of these same acts if it weren't for the critical mass that the festival provides. Which is one of the main reasons Infringement is so handy for so many of us--artists, audiences, and journalists alike.)
If you haven't seen them yet, here are:
*Tom Dooney's cover story (complete with suggestions on how to improve the fest in the future) from last week's Artvoice, and
*Colin Dabkowski's coverage of one typical day in the fest, which appears in today's Buffalo News. (That link will only work for free for a few days, so hurry on over.)
(Dabkowski's earlier Gusto story on the festival as a whole has already moved into the archives, so you'll have to pay to see it here if you missed it earlier. And depending on when you see this, you can find all of Artvoice's week-one coverage here.)
The main Artvoice story in particular has elicited a lot of response--I've heard everything from "How dare they!" to "Hey, great story; Tom made some excellent points"--so here's your chance to weigh in on any and all of the coverage thus far. I'm gonna hold my tongue till some of the rest of you have had your say.
Have at it: What do you think about the media coverage of the festival thus far? Good? Bad? Ugly? Spill it, people!
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That Gravity fellow, in the photos, was the one who spray painted the iron chain green at holley farms lot.
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