The Perfect Creative Crime?

Filed under:Free Speech & Arts Policy — posted by cdrew on October 13, 2009 @ 11:24 pm

Selling art in violation of the peddlers license in front of the Art Institute of Chicago

Selling art in violation of the peddlers license in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Jenny Rotten.

The day is wet and cold but my spirit is warm and my cape is bright red.

The day is wet and cold but my spirit is warm and my cape is bright red. Photo by Nancy Bechtol.

I present myself to any who will look. I am hard to ignore.

I present myself to any who will look. I am hard to ignore. Photo by Nancy Bechtol.

Even in the rain people stop to look over the art patches for a dollar.

Even in the rain people stop to look over the art patches for a dollar. Photo by Nancy Bechtol.

I make a sale and commit a crime in Chicago selling art in prohibited district in violation of the peddlers license. the entire Loop is a prohibited district.

I make a sale and commit a crime in Chicago selling art in prohibited district in violation of the peddlers license. the entire Loop is a prohibited district. Photo by Jenny Rotten.

I invite arrest but no one calls the authorities who are not out and about in the rain. Is this the perfect crime?

I invite arrest but no one calls the authorities who are not out and about in the rain. Is this the perfect creative crime? Photo by Nancy Bechtol.



image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace