art school

Dear artists on the rhizome raw list,

I can tell by the caliber of your work that many of you already have
art school degrees, but I came across this and it seemed too good to
keep to myself:

http://161.58.244.188/ais_lp/ais_09f.swf

If anybody is inerested, just let me know and I will be happy to pass
on more information.

sincerely,
curt

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Comments

, neil jenkins

damn, the form fell off the bottom of the screen, but,
Curt, could you be a referee for me if I apply for the course ?


On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 02:27 am, Curt Cloninger wrote:

> Dear artists on the rhizome raw list,
>
> I can tell by the caliber of your work that many of you already have
> art school degrees, but I came across this and it seemed too good to
> keep to myself:
>
> http://161.58.244.188/ais_lp/ais_09f.swf
>
> If anybody is inerested, just let me know and I will be happy to pass
> on more information.
>
> sincerely,
> curt
>
> _
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, Eryk Salvaggio

I sent one of those in while I was a freshman at college. I ran it through
the printer after I did some ascii art on it, and stapled it to a bag of
crackers. They had no reply.

-e.



—– Original Message —–
From: "Curt Cloninger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: art school


> Dear artists on the rhizome raw list,
>
> I can tell by the caliber of your work that many of you already have
> art school degrees, but I came across this and it seemed too good to
> keep to myself:
>
> http://161.58.244.188/ais_lp/ais_09f.swf
>
> If anybody is inerested, just let me know and I will be happy to pass
> on more information.
>
> sincerely,
> curt
>
> _
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> -> post: [email protected]
> -> questions: [email protected]
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>

, Eduardo Navas

> I can tell by the caliber of your work that many of you already have
> art school degrees, but I came across this and it seemed too good to
> keep to myself:
>
> http://161.58.244.188/ais_lp/ais_09f.swf
>
> If anybody is inerested, just let me know and I will be happy to pass
> on more information.

I love the spoof, but the form delivery is terrible. That swf needs to
goooooo.

But in regards to the actual school commercial, it was the first art school
I ever heard of when I was six years old, while I was reading one of my
brother's magazines… I turned the page and there it was: the famous
turtle. And as funny as it may appear to be, the aesthetic and premise that
made that school not only well known in certain areas of the U.S., but also
in other parts of the world (I talk from experience here having lived in
Latin America…), is the type of aesthetic that prevails in much of the
global mainstream in relation to realistic rendering as a legitimate art
form.

Laughing matter it may be now, to some people, but this is a playful symptom
why the average person in some (notice I say some here) cultures are not
able to see the political importance and power in art practice at an
everyday level. "It looks just like the real thing honey, so nice and
pretty."

That commerical has a lot more power than much of the artwork showing in
galleries around the world… I wish I could laugh about that.

eduardoN.