The invasion of art by a corporation is not new, if we think of the
Catholic Church during the Renaissance.
But it is very dangerous, especially with a nascent art. The danger is
that it will be poisoned it at its roots.
And with an art that draws its tools from the business world, the alarm
should always be ringing.
Corporations hold out the lure of quick fame, which particularly draws
in young artists whose fledgling egos want instant fame. (I remember!)
There are already gifted people from the 1990s and early 21st C. who
have disappeared. As it should be!
So perhaps what creativity has always been about--uncertainty, "jumping
from failure to failure"--- will in the long run drive corporations, who
can't tolerate uncertainty, much less failure, away.
Meanwhile, needless to say it's important to keep exposing and
critiquing their machinations.
-Joel
On 9/4/2014 7:43 AM, { brad brace } wrote:
If your received idea of "Art" is just an "empty wrapper"
then surely applicable "aesthetic issues" and the
institutions that foster them are equally vapid/dead. I
agree that these art-institutional ponzi schemes cause a lot
of grief for those who have subscribed too late.
Fortunately, contemporary creative energies are now not so
narrowly restricted/defined. Perhaps this and similar arts
lists are the last place to seek consolidation but rather,
merely to expose the graft/complicity and to point to
vibrant propensities elsewhere.
/:b
On Thu, 4 Sep 2014, hello | florian kuhlmann wrote:
you may do whatever you want.
but plz keep in mind. art is just a bourgois fantasy (to
make nice guys with freaky ideas dizzy and horny). but
since we live in a post democratic world, where the
bourgois doesnt play any role, the concept of art is just
an empty wrapper. its a shiny, glimpsy jewel, full of
promises which will never be kept to anyone.
most people - especially the guys&grrlz who want to be
artists so badly - are not willing to accept this. they
still believe in a concept like your 'great unknown
artists under the evil and dump artworldradar' and! are
willing to sell cheeseburger at mc condalds for nothing at
the same time, to keep the bourgois dream alive. and while
these 99% get nothing accept beautifull depressions, very
few are getting all the value of the label called 'art'.
if this your way, i am fine. but dont bother us with
concepts of aesthetic issues which are just dead in our
times.
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