Re[2]: RHIZOME_RAW: Re: Re: Quotation (was: why so little discussion?)

On Nov 22, 2004, at 3:02 PM, trashconnection wrote:

> Hello Francis,
>
> FH> If we accept remixing as a creative mode that's as worthy of study
> as
> FH> painting or sculpture or video or performance, then the tent of
> fine
> FH> arts suddenly becomes a lot bigger, because people out in the
> world are
> FH> remixing all the time without writing an artist's statement.
>
> The statements are not always written by artists if you know.

That wasn't my point. My point was that all sorts of creativity happens
without those creators working to put their work into the context of
the arts.

>
> FH> 16-year-old kids making mashups on their Macs at home. PC casemods.
> FH> Quilts. We probably don't have room in all our museums to show all
> that
> FH> stuff, too.
>
> You have a very conservative point of view, like my mum does, watching
> Jackson Pollock or Rothko.
> You better take care of tech stuff. Finally you are the Director of
> Technology.

I suspect you're misreading what I say. I'm not saying that remixing
isn't art. I'm saying that accepting remixing as art is difficult
because it starts to tug away at all sorts of institutional
foundations. It's like pulling a thread on a sweater; pull enough and
the whole thing unravels.

However, I'm not saying that that unraveling is a bad thing. Just that
there's a lot of institutional force working against it.

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> Roman Minaev
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