That¹s pretty clear, if you assume a demand side analysis of economic value. What about a supply side led analysis?
Regards Simon On 18/11/08 14:22, "Karl Heinz Jeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its not a commodity unless there is demand. > Depending on how you look at things/commodities/art they might appear > different. And keep in mind you only see what you know. > > Simon Biggs schrieb: >> > What makes an object art? >> > >> > It is clear that these objects are destined to be commodities. >> > >> > Can an art object be a commodity? Can commodities be art objects and >> > remain commodities? Is Duchamps Fountain still a urinal? I seem to >> > remember somebody testing this hypothesis. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Simon >> > >> > >> > On 18/11/08 13:33, "patrick simons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Are these art objects?! >> > patrick >> > >> > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Pall Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > I've got some work for sale. Here's the long and short of it. >> > >> > I'm going to be exhibiting a piece of mine called Exist.pl >> > (some of >> > you may remember it as it was developed via discussions here >> > on the >> > list as well as other lists) at the MakeArt festival in France >> > in a >> > couple of weeks. The work will also be exhibited as part of >> > the Piksel >> > festival in Bergen, Norway. Here in Iceland we have what's >> > called The >> > Center for Icelandic Art. Their job is to provide financial >> > assistance >> > to artists taking their work abroad. They're the only source for >> > travel grants for short trips like this one. I applied, I got >> > rejected >> > (with no explanation of why), I have this nagging feeling that >> > they >> > don't "get" this type of art. So what I would like to do now, >> > is to >> > sell copies of this work to get some funds towards the trip (I had >> > already bought flight tickets before I got rejected). The work >> > consists of a piece of software running on a computer. It doesn't >> > produce any output but it's doing a lot of background work. So to >> > provide the viewer with some information on what's going on, >> > four A2 >> > sized posters, displaying the source code at various stages of the >> > softwares development, will be displayed. >> > >> > The software itself is free under the GPL license and lives at >> > http://code.google.com/p/existpl >> > >> > But I have for sale a limited edition of twenty sets of these >> > posters. >> > I'll only sell them in sets. There are four posters in the >> > set. These >> > are signed and numbered, high quality color prints suitable for >> > framing. Ideally, they would be displayed in a row on a wall >> > with a >> > computer nearby to run the software when the owner chooses >> > (but this >> > entirely up to the purchaser of the work). You can see a small >> > version >> > of what they look like at the following URLs: >> > >> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code1.pdf >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code1.pdf> >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code1.pdf> >> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code2.pdf >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code2.pdf> >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code2.pdf> >> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code3.pdf >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code3.pdf> >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code3.pdf> >> > http://pallit.lhi.is/~palli/code4.pdf >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code4.pdf> >> > <http://pallit.lhi.is/%7Epalli/code4.pdf> >> > >> > The price is $50 per set. If I manage to sell all twenty sets, >> > this >> > will provide enough to cover printing and mailing costs, with the >> > remainder being approximately what I applied for from The >> > Center for >> > Icelandic Art. >> > >> > On top of being colorful and thought provoking, they create an >> > interesting visual pattern when lined up together. >> > >> > Please contact me offlist if you're interested. >> > >> > Pall Thayer >> > >> > -- >> > ***************************** >> > Pall Thayer >> > artist >> > http://www.this.is/pallit >> > ***************************** >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NetBehaviour mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NetBehaviour mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Simon Biggs >> > Research Professor >> > edinburgh college of art >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > www.eca.ac.uk >> > www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > www.littlepig.org.uk >> > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk >> > >> > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number >> SC009201 >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NetBehaviour mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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