In Defense of Contemporary Art

New York Times article about 100 Acres: http://nyti.ms/9IU14c I will be emceeing the Artists' Forum discussion of 100 Acres this Saturday. You can get tickets for free here: http://www.imamuseum.org/talk/100-acres-artists-forum#tickets

Learn more about 100 Acres, the new art and nature park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art: http://www.imamuseum.org/100acres

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• contemporary
• art
• sculpture
• installation
• artwork
• 100
• acres
• indianapolis
• museum
• john
• green
• hank
• nerdfighters

[TheNeonCow]

"This green structure that looks almost like a TARDIS?"

That just made my day.

[drawingupblank01]

Those kids playing basketball Didn't make a single shot :P the court looks pretty cool though.

[LMNOP1214]

One day, I will go here with my boyfriend/husband, and we will have a picnic.

[CarolineTheAwesome]

When I was reading this part in TFiOS, I was kind of freaking out because I remembered this video. It was much fun. I really need to go here one day.

[PhoeniX333666999]

I just realized that I think this is the first video I watched by myself, without my sisters prompting. Wow..... :')

[chexmixultimate]

Wow, I've never wanted to go to Indianapolis before (except to hang out with you guys!) but that park looks like my kinda place!

[akwardcake]

1:47 I remembered this while reading TFIOS (and so I had to come to the video to tell you)! :)

[Otherwisedull]

@Nerdfighterian He's been writing TFIOS for twelve years. The island thing was a newer project that he scrapped.

[afterthebreaking]

page 85 in TFiOS.  perks of being a nerdfighter.

[CreamRocks1]

Augustus Waters would have made those shots.

[squaltch]

Came searching for this when it appeared in TFioS

[tacoismykitty]

1:47 appears in TFIOS.

[Nerdfighterian]

@LMNOP1214 No, he's talking about the book that he scraped. After that, he started writing TFiOS

[LMNOP1214]

TFiOS is about an island? Because I know you said something about an island in another video...

[mohe3439]

Wait, TFiOS isn't about islands, at least as far as I know, what happened that got the book from being about island dwellers to being about kids with cancer. That writing process sounds amazing and would probably reveal a lot about John's psyche.

[funtaskerific]

the place is called "100 acres" and really? really? no mention of Winnie the Pooh?

[Jade7272]

We read about that little island in class. It's neat you got to see it :D

It's REALLY cool on the inside!

[girlbubble7991]

You mentioned the tardis. I'm gonna be really happy today :D

[MrFredthelemur]

did I hear Yeti?! ARGH!

:)

[weepingangelsoutside]

Is the Port-A-Potty bigger on the inside?

[AlwaysAPotterhead]

Every since I got into Doctor Who, I love hearing those little references. (:

[sirdoctoroftardis12]

Everytime we see a Port-A-Potty, my brother says "TARDIS."

[FantasticBlueGirl]

I just visited this museum today! Oh my God it was so amazing! Thank you John for making a video about it!

[cpdomg]

This video makes me REALLY want to visit Indianapolis.

[ReKrisB]

Okay, I usually kinda hate contemporary art, but *THAT* looks really cool. I'm going to have to take a trip over that-a-ways sometime so I could go visit it ^_^

I think that contemporary art is much more impressive than an entire museum of contemporary art that I saw in France when I was there X3

[Lrtapdancer]

Did you see Winnie the Pooh there? I mean...you were in the Hundred Acre Wood, weren't you?