In a message dated 8/27/09 11:24:20 AM, [email protected] writes:
> Suffice it to say, his emphasis of the non- or anti-discursive > character of visual art and music, in connection with its 'bodily' > presence > (the orchestration and interpretation involved in performance, the > thing-like character of an artwork that, in its stubborn refusal to > express > some concept, some purpose or use-value, escapes the category of 'thing,' > the letter and syntax of the text, the weight of paint upon a canvas), > involves a particular kind of comportment towards art, which I have not > seen > very many theorists or artists address, and which now seem to me to be > fundamental to any encounter with it. > I think this might be part of what I was trying to get at in a clumsy way when I wastalking about the different marks at different times used a month or so ago. Kate Sullivan
