[[email protected]: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Conference Report: Where Art Thou Net.Art? On Zero One/ ISEA 2006]

Its even better when they don't consider themselves an artist.



On 8/27/06 11:15 AM, "MS" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 03:57:40PM -0400, Randall Packer wrote:
>> ..And on the CRUMB list, I found an insightful comment by Molly
>> Hankwitz, who said, "I think the process of interaction must be done
>> very carefully. The worst thing is the mainstreaming of situationism
>> into a middle class playground."
>
> What is wrong with mainstreaming of situationism into the middle class
> playground ? I think such a mainstreaming would be quite wonderful.
>
> Are situationist actions only permissable/interesting when the person
> doing them claims to be an artist. Anyone with the pretention can claim
> to be an artist.
>
> Some current network enabled actions which don't even try to claim that
> they are art:
>
> http://www.improveverywhere.com/home.php
> http://www.themiddleofnowhere.org/pause/blog/
> http://www.comeoutandplay.org/
>