Dear Designers & Artists Making “exclusive” Pieces for the Disaster In Japan
Stop. A radical difference exists between creating art about the disaster and selling art for the disaster. We should all be helping in any way that we can, but many of you are going about it so very ethically wrong.
If you have sold blue scarves for ten years, then sell your blue scarves for a week or two and donate all the proceeds to help out Japan. Don’t create red scarves just for the disaster and sell them to help out.
What am I supposed to do as a consumer? Every time I look at that red scarf it is either a reminder of how awesome I am at helping people out (arrogant), or a reminder of all the people who died (morbid).
This applies even more to those who’ve made the countless reinterpretations of the Japanese flag cracked, broken, falling apart, being mended, etc. and are selling it to “help out”. Who would want that hanging on their wall?
“Oh look Betty at my new art piece, it is a reminder of all the people who died in Japan, and it helps me remember how I helped them out. Man I’m awesome and that red broken circle sure does match my couch.”
I should also say this isn’t about getting you exposure either, I’ve seen people retweeting, reblogging, etc. art piece after art piece of no-name designers who now have a large audience base because they made an art piece about a disaster. You are profitting off the tragedy of others. It’s disgusting.
Many of you have your heart in the right place, but you are going about it all wrong. In a way what you are doing is disrespectful to those who have been so horribly affected by this terrible tragedy.
This is a delicate and tragic situation. Treat it with respect.
(I am not the first person to say this, nor do I expect to be the last)
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