I agree with Helen, I think your work will be remembered far better than a lot of more "timely" stuff.
best Simon On 3 Feb 2013, at 19:37, helen varley jamieson wrote: > forget about "the larger shows" & all that boring stuff, alan, the > audience you already have is much more interesting! happy birthday :) > > h : ) > > On 3/02/13 5:48 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> >> >> Thank you so much, the video and still are lovely. I do doubt my work >> will be remembered, it never makes it into the larger shows etc.; it's >> always been peripheral. My new book will silently disappear! But I'm >> really glad you appreciate the work - that means a lot. And thank you >> again, >> >> love Alan >> >> On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Michael Szpakowski wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/8439699692/in/photostream >>> >>> Happy Birthday Alan! You've been an inspiration since I first >>> encountered your extrordinary work, much of which I love. Even when >>> I'm untouched or don't care for something of yours I'm constantly >>> moved and impressed by your integrity. I've stolen individual ideas >>> from you, of course, but more importantly the body of work and the >>> way you make it has taught me a great deal about what it means to be >>> an artist. >>> >>> I would put good money on the proposition that much of your work will >>> be remembered >>> >>> and valued when many of today's art celebs are long forgotten. >>> >>> I wish you happiness today and many more years of making art. >>> >>> michael >>> >>> >>> > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > > helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst > he...@creative-catalyst.com > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.make-shift.net > http://www.upstage.org.nz > ____________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: simonbiggsuk s.bi...@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182&cw_xml=profile.php http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/simon-biggs%285dfcaf34-56b1-4452-9100-aaab96935e31%29.html http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.movingtargets.org.uk/ http://designinaction.com/ MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees?id=656&cw_xml=details.php
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