Hi List, As far as I remember the ex-CCA (Third Eye Center) was an artist-run Art Center which had to close down due to financial problems. It reopend as the CCA. It was now a government -run space and therefore had different political and economical agendas. The involvment with the Ministry of Defence seem to be only a logical progression from that change. Additionally the current managment seem to be not particularly interested in contemporary Art. A change in Directorship might improve the situation, but at the end of the day it is still is a government -run institution. An alternative might be, what the majority of artists are already doing , to ignore the CCA as they ignore the Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow) and create better alternatives. (..and there are plenty! cheaper and tastier cappochinos, too). See you there. Torsten
----- Original Message ----- From: "mark lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:14 PM Subject: Re: <ambit> Centre for Contemporary Armaments > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes > >"We glorify war as the sole hygiene....." Marinetti, Futurist manifesto. > > > once again many thanks gair for your consistently inspirational and > informative input - soon be time to rename this mailing list methinx > > this is much more important than any discussion of 'quasi scientific > waffle' or any other form of art bollox for that matter, which to my > mind is the prerequisite curse of most bourgeoisie, modernist, > conceptualisms anyway and not just the premise of ICT related work > > is anyone actually thinking of doing anything about this abomination ?? > > is Graham Mckenzie not going to be pilloried to quit for this disgusting > example of 'maximising revenue streams' > > these are the neologistics of our time that disturb me most, employed so > frequently within the 'creative industries' which are supposed to be the > salvation of art and artists (is that pre or post fordian by the way ?) > yet are nothing other than a means of control and clamping dissent or > any true critique > > it'll be interesting to see how many people still aspire to exposure in > this space now, or continue to put money behind the bar and, > alternatively, how many are willing to fight for an important arts space > that has so obviously been hijacked > > interesting also that this should surface, just as hard rain is looking > likely to fall upon baghdad > > again > > unfortunately i'm just heading off to yorkshire for a week of > computer-free family-ness and won't be able to continue contributing to > anything that might arise here, but when i get back i would like to > communicate with anyone of like-mind and discuss ways of demonstrating > against this with action, not just words > > art and artists have enough hurdles to overcome in this country without > being associated with the military industrial complex and their trade of > misery and butchery > > peace > > mark lawton > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
