VAG photo mob

A friend of mine passed this on to me and it is pretty interesting. Contact me for time & date.

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Join us in an organized mob to photograph works of art within the Vancouver Art Gallery.

We believe that art must be shared and remembered to remain potent. Photography is a significant tool in our ability to discuss, share and remember things that matter. It is right to use photography to share and remember art.

Art galleries and museums play an important role in collecting and showing our history and our modern art. Some galleries have taken a policy of disallowing photographs. We believe this is wrong because it chills sharing, discussion and collaboration, and reduces the audience that can become interested in important works of art.

Only by sharing art and recordings of art can we interest more people in the art and spread it throughout our culture.

Join us in overwhelming the Vancouver Art Gallery's security by simultaneously taking pictures of the art that you find interesting. Contact the poster of this message to find out the date and time of the organized mob.

Several key points to remember:

- Keep your cameras concealed until you are well inside of the gallery and totally hidden until the designated time. The only way to overwhelm security is for us all to act as one, and begin photographing at the same time. Handbags are allowed in the gallery.

- For this to work, we need to spread the date and time by word of mouth only. Do not post the organized time on any forum or on any web page. If you read this message, ask the person that sent it to you or posted it about the time and date.

- No flash photography. We're trying to make a statement, spark a debate. Any perceived damage to precious works of art should not be a part of the dialogue.

Together we can send a message the gallery will hear. In the process we will help to spread the art contained within and generate more interest and revenue for our local gallery and artists.