Hi Marc, I've not been ignoring your message, just taken me a while to come up with a reply. Had a quick look at your drawings, some are very surrealist inspired by the looks of things, having similiarities to the work of Francis Picabia. I've drawn quite a few images like that of human/object constructions, but not always had the guts to show them! (online atleast, not exhibited any of my work at all.)
I did not see what you'd written as being quite into rant territory. I might write something more later, after the weekend, about my thoughts/questions on net[worked] art/creativity and where maybe painting may come into it. James. On 19/9/2006, "info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi James, > >Well - I think that we can enjoy creating in other mediums as well as >net art. > >A while back, I created a web site of sketches consisting of work from >1986 to 1990... > >even the web site now seems from another era. > >tomorrow's insecurity >"sketch pads created by marc garrett during 86-90." > >These images, notes, poems & rants are all from a 4 year period of my >life, 1986 to 1990. This was a crucial stage for learning. It comes from >a philosophical place & questions life, Art, Insanity, Security, >Institutions & many other things. They are from sketch books & note pads >that I have always carried around with me. On this site there are >numerous thoughts & images, questioning situations, events, personal & >political etc... > >http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/tomorrows_insecurities/index.htm > >I wonder if anyone else on here has stuff that they can show (links to) >before they explored net art, or related creativity? Hell, we could have >an online exhibition of web art by net artists before they suddenly >turned.... > >marc > > >Painting is hard > >---------------- > > > >Painting is hard, that is, it don't make me a hard man just cos I paint. > >It's difficult, especially when you're not as good as you think you > >should be, to be an ARtist. Especially when you insist upon pursuing > >some vision of a personal abstract visual language arising through > >randomness, perhaps even the sub-con-shush. Especially when you spend > >hours mixing up colours, getting all excited when you discover a > >beautiful vibrant grey can be made by mixing a rather expensive cobalt > >blue with a somewhat cheaper raw umbre, and the disappointment of it > >hits you when you mix in the emulsion and find it's rather boring gray > >after all. > > > >Painting is hard when you've no idea of what to paint, but what the hell > >has any of this to do with net art? > > > >http://www.jwm-art.net/art/audio/painting_is_hard.mp3 > > > ><end> > > > >Painting _is Hard > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > >Painting is difficult I mean. It's tricky working it out, what like am I > >going to paint next? When you've no idea and could be thought of as > >stubburn, atleast you think you could be thought of as stubburn, but > >have no idea what others really think, if they think at all about what > >you do, if what you do has any consequences within their thinking, you > >could be thought of as stubburn for inisting upon the pursuit of the > >construction of a personal abstract visual language when you don't have > >any notion of what it shall actually communicate. You could be thought > >of as stubburn, nay foolish, for doing so. By your refusual to make > >paintings which are purely for selling, because doing so lacks any > >interest to you, and your interest lacks in painting because you don't > >know what to paint, you are. It is at times like these that > > > >http://www.jwm-art.net/art/audio/painting_is_hard.mp3 > > > ><end> > > > >Painting^ is ^hard > >`='`='`='`='`='`=' > > > >Painting is hard when you are scared of it. You're scared of messing up > >what you've already painted, even when you imagine it looks like a mess > >to everyone else anyway. You're scared of the unknown, and painting can > >be an exploration into the unknown when you can paint nothing else but > >your own instincts of what to paint. It's scary when you paint > >something and later look at it, knowing full well you'll put it on the > >internet for all to see, and all you see is a beacon for crazies to come > >after you. A beacon for demons from outer space to come eat up your > >consciousness and take over your body. Oh! Hang on, that was just a > >fancy, it weren't real, thank GOD. > > > >Yes, it's tricky indeed this painting lark. Here is an mp3 of some > >electronic music I made, all by myself, during these times when I feel > >painting is hard. It is for your listening pleasure, the sounds are > >lovely phat synths, and some slightly muffled drums. There's a little > >cutting up of the drum sequences, and of course, the favourite of all > >amateur electronica music makers, the reverb. The reverb is on everthing > >I do, because my mind is full of reverb, nnmnmnmnmnm. > > > >http://www.jwm-art.net/art/audio/painting_is_hard.mp3 > > > >Don't forget, painting is hard, especially when you've got no clue. > > > >"but what the hell has any of this to do with net art?" > > > >I'm probably misplaced on this list, only being a pretend net-artist, > >but I like what is posted here, and feel inclined from time to time to > >post this or that :) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >NetBehaviour mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
