Kathy! Wonderful Commonplace Book of thoughts on liberty; thank you for
your research and your thoughtfulness. Having children, I am, by
default, initially an autocrat and must gradually cede to them their
liberty. Being by instinct someone who takes a fair amount of license
for herself--a real fan of freedom, even the transgressive kind--it can
be hard for me to think about the relationship of freedom and justice.
These writings are helpful in thinking about the concept. Your post
takes us far beyond the asterisk zone and into other areas.
What about people's current thoughts on transgressive art practices?
There were some posts on the Aktionists earlier, and Flanagan. How do
ideas of free communication, liberty, responsibility, play out in an
examination of art practices meant to be transgressive? Is the
importance of the ends what decides the ethicality of a practice? Or is
transgressiveness the end in itself, justified by the degree of
stultification it fractures? In what context were the Aktionists doing
their animal works? Did the work result in greater freedom in the
society in which they took place, or was rigidifying reaction the only
consequence? What is people's experience with this? Have you been able
in your own practices to instantiate greater freedom for others?
Bernard and Claudia? History continues as we speak . . .
AK
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