On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's my knee-jerk reaction to a possible knee-jerk reaction. ...chinese-whisper knee-jerk boxes, purrhaps?;) > I think > we have this tendency to dislike the word "new" in any label (that's > the other knee-jerk reaction). Having only skimmed Bruce Sterling's > essays as well, I'm always skeptical when it comes to the term "new". > ..i started to conventionally absorb them, but ended up flitting. i do get his enthusiasm for future/now capturing, i just wish he realised his role in a chain-of-canonising-events... Especially when combined with a term that I personally think is often > misunderstood, like "aesthetic". If you look up "aesthetic" in the > dictionary, it will probably tell you that it has something to do with > "beauty". But in a philosophical context, it really has very little to > do with beauty. It has more to do with tastes and interest. Being > drawn to something regardless of whether a person is drawn due to a > sense of beauty, revulsion or something in-between. > ..its not so much the terminology/wordage that concerns me, it's wot it's trying to encapsulate? tho i do take ur point regarding definitions here... > > So, let's think about this. "Aesthetic" refers to a "sensibility", so > "New Aesthetic" would mean that we've developed a new sensibility(?). > Is that really the case? Let's take the "glitch". When things don't > perform as they should, is the notion that we might be aesthetically > drawn to that really something new? I don't know about others but I > always find it very curious when something "glitches". It peaks my > curiosity. So, is the "New Aesthetic", as it pertains to the "glitch", > really a "new" aesthetic or does it simply exploit an existing > aesthetic? Art is not something that re-invents itself periodically. > It's more like an evolving being. Nothing is "new" but rather a > progression of the things that came before it. How about "Next > Aesthetic"? > ...how about "Phrase That Will Not Be Named"? ;) > Keep in mind that I'm just entertaining a brain-drain here. Maybe I > should read the Bruce Sterling essays. > indeed, wouldn't hurt....or would it? > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:28 PM, mez breeze <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Find below a modded version of part of the discussion raging on an > alternate > > list regarding the "New Aesthetic". Enjoy [or don't]. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
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