I hope you weren't directing that at me, all I did was post a 2 minute
comment on the difference. ;-) I'm hardly impassioned or impatient,
because as you say, in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter.
;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Bek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: the boiler, classism, and art students
> I hope those of you who continue to bitch about the Boiler - a thread that
> should have gone to rest many postings ago- realize that the fact you're
so
> impassioned/inflamed/impatient with it is rather laughable to some. It's
> just a Web site. In the grand scheme of life, does it *really* matter to
> you whether or not you're worthy of viewing it in its entirety?
> "Classism?" "Art students?" Sheesh! Who cares? It's a Web site! It's
> interesting, and looks pretty, but it's not the best of the 'Net, or the
> best in modernism, that's for sure. I hope you boys aren't losing sleep
> over it, as it's not as earth-shattering, life-changing, or mind-blowing
as
> you seem to expect. Maybe they'll "let" you in when the bars do.
>
> >From: Jeff Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: the boiler, classism, and art students
> >Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2000, 8:59 PM
> >
>
> >I agree. There are two different terms, and they aren't really related
that
> >much, only that they both took place during the same time period, more or
> >less. Modernism and Modism. Modernism at the Boiler appears to be the
> >American Modernism movement starting in the post war 1940s and focusing
on
> >architecture, art, furniture like Paul Frankl, etc...not to be confused
with
> >Modism, which we all know and love...
> >
> >Jeff
> >http://www.dominoeffect.com - Modism...
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: chris brudzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:48 PM
> >Subject: the boiler, classism, and art students
> >
> >
> >> i've just experienced the snobbery from the boiler site that i've heard
> >> you all speak about. here's what happened: they just got the new phase
> >> of the site under way and asked people to check it out and comment via
> >> their forum section. now for those who haven't been on the site, it's
> >> divided up into sections - art, graphic design, music, furniture,
> >> architecture, etc. and each section has content discussing its
relevance
> >> and importance to modernism. i suggested that there needed to be a
> >> section devoted to fashion. just a simple observation. just my humble
> >> opinion. i thought it was more important to the mod ethos than
something
> >> like architecture. well the next thing i knew, all these people wrote
in
> >> defending the worth of architecture and basically calling me ignorant
to
> >> the upmost importance of architecture to mods and modernism in general.
> >> now i suppose there are those out there who agree with them and would
> >> love nothing more than to spend their time discussing the importance of
> >> architecture. so before i piss off all the art students, i'd just like
> >> to say that i've nothing against art students or students in general. i
> >> think that it's great they have the time and luxury to discuss such
> >> matters. but when i have spare time or money, i'm not going to spend it
> >> talking about bloody architecture. call it ignorance, call it a class
or
> >> cultural difference. i don't much care. all i know is that at the end
of
> >> the day, architecture isn't going to effect you as a person or you as a
> >> mod or your life. and that's a fact.
> >>
> >> i'm sorry if i offend anyone with this message. it is intended only as
a
> >> bitching session. i just needed to vent.
> >>
> >> -chris
> >>
> >>
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