The part I enjoyed most:
"I am happy that that a dialouge about this issue was generated and i
hope nobody was seriously disturbed by this. If you were you
shouldn't take art and life too seriously, life is weird and tuff
enough without getting worked up about what a skinny cat from Philly
posted on the web."
On 4/25/06, Jen Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin tried to post emails to this list last night, but was having
> technical troubles. This is what he wrote...
> (the final paper he refers to is posted at (or will be once it uploads):
> http://teaching.jensimmons.com/videoblogging/spring06/research.htm
> along with video of his presentation.)
>
> " hey, i got in late tonight and checked my email to find this fiasco
> unfolded. I am extremely tired and can't respond to the bits of this
> discussion i've read. i would like to say that this post was not meant
> as a hoax--as to what it is now, i'm not so sure. It was meant as a
> response to an argument i had with a fellow film student who attends
> Columbia University. I argued, as i did in my final paper, that the new
> logging medium--it's new for me--is an opportunity to potentially
> establish a new genre, the limits of film have been tested for over a
> century but vlogging is new. i was impressed with the believability of
> the vlogging medium, which was starkly different from what i've seen of
> reality tv for the last few years. I argued that if the conventions of
> vlogging could be manipulated then new artistic piece could be
> produced. I posted this to illustrate that point. I never thought it
> would generate such a debate because my audience has been about 20
> people--all close friends since it's conception in feb. Regardless, i
> believe that i will feel guilty for causing any strife--this was not
> meant for you.
> I want to repond to any comments regarding this experiment, but i'm
> tired and need to sleep. I would like to say right now that, as to the
> excess of violence in my films and the films other my fellow students,
> there has been violence in cinema since Edwin S. Porter's "The Great
> Train Robbery" in 1903 and there will be violence in media as long as
> there is media. I also would like to point out that David Lynch, when
> asked about why he made EraserHead, said that it had a great deal to do
> with the violence of Philadelphia. My point is that Phila. is a violent
> place, that's the atmosphere that i live in, so some of that violence
> comes through. I also read a comment from...i can't remeber...anyway,
> he said that this piece was wrong because he "felt" a certain way and
> he didn't sign up for that. For this response i have no sympathy. I
> didn't sign up for the ideas i was exposed to when i started reading
> DeSade's "Philosophy in the Bedroom" yet my twelve year old eyes
> scanned the lines with horror and intrigue. I feel it's the same
> situation here. At any moment i could have put the book down, but
> morbid curiousity forced me onward. The people who were offended to
> reproach could have stopped watching this video, about someone they
> didn't know, at any time. I think this tendancy in humans to watch the
> "atrocious" (is that spelled right?) is what fueled this, to an extent.
> It's probably the same reason so many people watch those god awful
> reality shows. Anyway this was an experiment and perhaps it didn't work
> in the way i intended it to work, like i said, i'm tired. i would like
> to digest fully the comments made and respond when i'm less fatigued (I
> hate that word). Please email me with any comments.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> late"
> -- Kevin Krutz
>
>
>
>
> jenSimmons
> http://www.jensimmons.com
>
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