Guerilla at is described as:
“anonymous work (including but not limited to graffiti, signage, performance, additions, and decoration) installed, performed, or attached in public spaces, with the distinct purpose of affecting the world in a creative or thought-provoking way.”
An example of this work is artist Barry Thomas who made an installation called ‘Vacant lot of cabbages’. Thomas planted 180 cabbages in the site of the demolished Roxy theatre that formed the word ‘cabbage’. The reason behind the art was to protest the lack of central-city park and the mundane use of the site for a commercial building. This installation provoked several months of the urban garden becoming a place for informal gatherings and events. Guerilla art can be used to share political ideology and can be described as a form of propaganda but the interpretation of the art is open to everyone.
I can see my sculpture being described as guerrilla art as is I am not signalling to the audience that I am the creator of this work, essentially making it anonymous. The figure will be installed in a public space with the purpose of being thought-provoking and making people ask why it is there and for what reason. I think guerrilla art is about cause and effect: art being the cause and how people react being the effect. I want my sculpture to make people think differently about how they interact and view the homeless, making them realise that they should care more.
References: Schrader, B. (2014) Arts and social engagement - Criticising Society. 22nd October. Te Ara. [Online] [Accessed on 29th January 2019] http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/45292/vacant-lot-of-cabbages