I wonder if this isn't the result of an absent somewhat self-sustaining art community? In NY, there are numerous venues - it's almost impossible to get into a museum etc. (that's "blue-chip" stuff) - but it's not difficult to set up a show somewhere, or show at a smaller space - it's a much broader base. This is especially true for dancer/musician/performer - these things can be done fast and there are a lot of venues - everyone I know here shows somewhere, including people who aren't making money from their work. So the big deals are still there, but they're with "big" artists who are also brokers - it's a different kind of corruption, but it's one that's easier on bottom-feeders. A big problem is the relation between art and design - so many young artists are concerned with making it and the political/critical edge isn't there so much. On the other hand earlier on, people like Vito Acconci and Dan Graham seemed ruthless here - ambition was everything.
- Alan On Sat, 1 May 2010, manik wrote: > ...ART BUREAUCRACY IS EXTENSION OF CORPORATIVE *IDEA*...THEY EXISTED TO > EXPLOIT RESOURCE WHICH ART MAKE TROUGH HER SHORT INDEPENDENT > HISTORY/ARTIFACTS...REAL ESTATE.../ETC.../SO CALLED *AESTHETIC*AS SCIENCE IS > NOTHING ELSE THAN ONE MORE PLAYGROUND FOR MARKET...ART > BUREAUCRACY LIKE CLERKS BUY AND SELL...NOTHING MORE ...NOTHING LESS...*BIG* > NAMES OF CURATORS...ARTISTS... AND ART BROKERS ARE LIKE HEAP IN SOME BIG > STOCK MARKET...THEIR NAMES ARE EPHEMERAL...THEIR ROLE IN ART IS MOSTLY > DISHONEST...EXAMPLE...IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME EXHIBITION IN MY COUNTRY YOU > MUST CONTACT SOME STATE INSTITUTION...NOT SOME NET.CHARACTER LIKE MANIK OR > SOMETHING...DEAL IS BETWEEN TWO SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS...MINISTRY IN SERBIA > STEP IN DEAL WITH RECIPROCAL MINISTRY OF OTHER COUNTRY AND FLOW OF MONEY IS > ESTABLISHED... INDIVIDUAL IS JUST SIGNATURE ON CHECK WHO GIVE LEGALITY TO > THIS DREGS...FOR ARTIST LEFT SOME SMALL CHANGE AND *GLORY*... FINALLY *ART > BUREAUCRACY* DECIDE WHAT'S ART AND WHO COULD BE ARTIST...ARTIST'S ARE > COLLATERAL DAMAGE NOW ...THEY LIVE IN WORST UTOPIA EVER...IN WORLD OF > *WESTERN POTLATCH* > /.BATAILLE-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille/...BUT WITHOUT IT'S > ETHIC BASE...EXTINGUISHED AND HUMILIATE ARTIST IS HAPPY TO GIVE TO FAT *ART > BUREAUCRACY*HIS BLOOD...IN RETURN THEY CAN SHIT OVER HIM AND HIS > SURVIVAL...THAT'S LOOK TO US LIKE WORST PERVERSION...EVER...MANIK...MAY > DAY...2010... > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
