The most difficult part of conceptual art is sticking to your concept. Pall
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:20 PM, james morris<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pall, > > I've got to admit that I've had trouble too, understanding your > MicroCodes. Sometimes I think I get it, other times I read what you've > written and think I've been misunderstanding. > > The formal interpretation of code is instinctive when I view it, so > trying to read code as something else, to value my human interpretation > almost cut off from the formal meaning is really quite difficult that it > just does not happen. > > Consequently my response is (or can be) almost blind to a human response, > and involves elaborating upon the code. I always want code to do more, > for the computer's interpretation of it put into action, to be > satisfying for the viewer. So I don't think you're being stubborn, as > although the concept is quite simple, it can be difficult to hold in > ones mind, so stubborn repetition is quite useful. > > > james. > > > > On 2/7/2009, "Pall Thayer" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Hi Alan, >>I'm probably just being overly stubborn to make a point. Of course the >>idea of the "Seedbed" code is to play around with the dual meaning in >>the line "touch $myself". And if I understand you correctly you're >>simply pointing out the ways in which words and images evoke emotional >>responses even though whatever mediates the words and/or images is >>itself incapable of such emotional responses. This is just our way of >>understanding things. We attempt, maybe even at a subconscious level, >>to apply whatever is being mediated to our own selves (or someone >>else's) to see how that affects us. But the interesting thing is that >>whereas we usually see programming code as something to be interpreted >>by a computer and then we interpret that interpretation, in this case >>(and in fact this is the underlying concept of the Microcodes in >>general) our interpretation of the code elicits a much stronger, more >>meaningful response than an interpretation of the computer's >>interpretation of the code. This is something I want people to >>consider and be aware of, that's why I'm being so stubborn. I'm sure >>there are people out there who experience some discomfort in reading >>the "Seedbed" code. Some might even feel embarrassed, turned on, >>ashamed or all of the above. If I didn't want people to feel this way >>I wouldn't have associated it with "Seedbed". But I hope that they >>will take the time to discover what the words as computer code really >>mean and see the absurdity of it all. >> >>best r. >>Pall > .... > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
