I'm wondering what kind of artwork would communicate best. mando ________________________________ From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 12:24:18 AM Subject: Re: "Therebs more alienation and separation of people in a commodified landscape ...
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:58 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > > When you say you insist > that an artwork is intended to communicate experience > (Tolstoy's view) you > assert that experience can be packaged as something and > transmitted to > someone, like sending package. I suggest it's impossible to do > that. > Communication is a complicated process that engages people in a creative > context of constructing their individual meanings. Isn't it about communication of the intangible, i.e., experience vs. production of the tangible, i.e., commodity? This recent article on B. Dylan says: - Its an age-old error amplified in our modern market: Is the microphone a means of projecting sound or a means of recording it? That is, do microphones *create* beauty/art or *manufacture* products? *The Witmark Demos* stands as another example of the crisis of art in the market. The distributive method of the product fails to match the content of the musical recording. Conversations concerning Dylans message of activism, the corruptive power of money, and the poverty and homelessness created by capitalism are tabled in favor of conversations revolving around packaging, restored sound quality, and Dylan finding his voice. We should be finding ours. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-vol-9-witma rk-demos-1962-1964
