Thanks for this response! I agree with your thoughts about the work and it is very nice when get the feeling that somebody out there understands what you did... But I think it is also important to try to reach those who do not understand or agree with you, that is why I like the anonymous blog aspect, even though the quality of the critiques is mostly zero. Also I think if people read these critiques they will be challenged to make up their own mind and to take their own position more.
So last but not least I would like to ask you Mark for a favour: could you please post your critique, text on the website as well? :-) Thanks, Kristofer Paetau On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:03 PM, mark cooley<flawed...@yahoo.com> wrote: > note to self: if i want my work to get lots of attention - use porn. > actually, i like the piece. pretty hilarious i think. i think it works - for > me - on a number of levels. one, as a deconstruction of porn - what i mean > is how it refuses the viewer any engagement in terms of believability that > these acts are somehow the result of passion as porn usually attempts to do > (and often unsuccessfully). this is sex devoid of sexuality. Intercourse > without intimacy. likewise, art is often celebrated as the spontaneous > passionate creation of the of the artist, when often it is much more > contrived and constructed than romantic narratives of "The Artist" would > have us believe. Then there's the sexist paintbrush as phallus concept, > which was a common idea in the 19th century (still pretty common today > sadly) - that is creativity designated as a male trait passed on from The > Father or a male Godhead to his sons. In a strange way the piece reminds me > of something Lars Von Trier might have done had he attended an art academy > (just before being kicked out). all in all i'd say the piece is more > thought provoking for me than the original and definitely funnier. ...but of > course the original wasn't really an original either. in terms of comments > on the site, what's the point really, like most comments on social networked > sites i usually regret i even read them. it seems that a dialogue of named > people might be much more useful. > > mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://www.brodypaetau.com _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
