Hi Stuart, I was just replying to Helen's question, which seemed addressed to practicing artists. The approach I propose may not be relevant or viable for curators, art critics, or reformers of arts institutions.
Following one's own art practice where it leads is not necessarily a simple approach. It might wind up being a lot more complicated than the ICA situation currently being discussed, depending on the nature of one's practice -- the networks, entanglements, and scales it takes on. Best, Curt >Hey curt, > > >mmm. I reckon if we go by your criteria there would be no >furtherfield and all the other bits that go along with it, it's a >bit more complicated than that surely, which is why we are right now >discussing this stuff! > >Stuart > > > > >>------- Original Message Follows ------- >>From: "Helen Pritchard" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Crisis at the ICA: Ekow Eshun's Experiment in >> Deinstitutionalisation >>Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:07:09 +0000 >> >>me too! >>thankyou for your reply Curt - >>Helen >>On 11 Feb 2010, at 18:43, marc garrett wrote: >> >>> I like that also... >>> >>> marc >>>> Curt, >>>> >>>> Beautiful! >>>> >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> >>>> *Antonio Dias:* >>>> http://antoniodiasadw.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> *Horizons of Significance:* >>>> http://horizonsofsignificance.wordpress.com/ >>>> * >>>> * >>>> *Fine Lines* >>>> http://finelinesamatterofdistinction.wordpress.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 11, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Curt Cloninger wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Helen (and all), >>>>> >>>>> It seems to me that for an artist, the next tactical turn is to not >>>>> bother about the next tactical turn (don't bother to make it; don't >>>>> bother to refuse to make it). The next move is to follow the topics, >>>>> interests, and concepts of one's own practice, however long they may >>>>> take to develop, into whichever communities of shared interest they >>>>> may lead (on or off the popular radar). The less dependent one's art >>>>> is on any particular "tactical" approach ("institutional critique," >>>>> "hacktivism," "relational aesthetics"), the more free it is to >>>>> pursue >>>>> its own peculiar ends. Indeed, what fruitful, monstrous, utterly >>>>> irrelevant situations may emerge? >>>>> >>>>> If I spend all my energy making art that seeks to avoid being >>>>> commodified by the spectacle, I'm always already being influenced by >>>>> the spectacle. It seems almost a requisite, then, to be willing to >>>>> move into art practices that don't necessarily involve "art" >>>>> (writing, design, urban planning, nursing, geology, advertising). It >>>>> is not a matter of outpacing institutions; it may be a matter of >>>>> using institutions to make moves that reverberate beyond >>>>> institutions >>>>> (beyond museum systems, gallery systems, biennial systems, new media >>>>> festival systems, academic seminar systems, online art discussion >>>>> group systems). Then one begins addressing larger forces without >>>>> being constrained to act solely within the sandbox of "art," which >>>>> is >>>>> itself always already modulated by larger forces. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Curt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> With participatory,conversational, collaborative, temporary, >>>>>> fluid >>>>>> approaches all being appropriated so quickly into institutional >>>>>> policies and communication being commodified by social networking >>>>>> sites.. has really made me wonder what the next 'turn' will have >>>>>> to be >>>>>> in artists tactics >>>>>> >>>>>> What new approaches will emerge? >>>>>> >>>>>> best >>>>>> Helen >>>>>> www.helenpritchard.info >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >>_______________________________________________ >>NetBehaviour mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
