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monkeypudding October 25 2011, 05:11:01 UTC
I worry that the occupation of the Art Gallery will damage the Gallery a publicly funded space. Why not actually "occupy" the public sidewalk outside of Howe and Dunsmuir? I know that second part if mostly rhetorical...

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themythicalman October 25 2011, 21:40:12 UTC
If you're talking about physical damage, then I can't see that there's much for them to damage there, except for cedar chips and the like. On the other hand, if you're talking about the gallery's reputation, I can't immediately think of a better place, symbolically speaking, than the art gallery, especially when you consider their recent major exhibit of the Surrealist movement, which was itself a revolution of ideas.

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monkeypudding October 25 2011, 21:46:19 UTC
yes, I was thinking more the physical space and actually keeping people from going there to check out what's going on inside. Although I suppose what is happening outside is just as artistic.

I hope to go check it out and stand in support when I get back in to town.

I also hear that Gregor is in negotiations to have it dissasemble peacefully. But no one knows who he is in negotiations with.

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themythicalman October 30 2011, 20:58:56 UTC
It is an interesting situation, as there is noone officially "in charge," which is what makes it remarkable in my opinion. I imagine that an injunction will have to be sought from the courts in the end, but that will take some time.

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