I meant in particular the Arcades Project.
-Joel
On 11/15/2014 3:10 PM, michael szpakowski wrote:
I don't know. I love (critically) Benjamin's writings ( and perhaps
even more *how* he writes -it's very much the way he tells them) but
whether any of them apply to me I don't know - except it occurs to me
that quotation and reference are really important to me & I've always
been fascinated by his notion of "jigsawed" writing, composed entirely
of quotes, which seems a lot more relevant idea today than the too
often trotted out 'art in the era of mechanical reproduction' ...
cheers
michael
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*From:* Joel Weishaus <[email protected]>
*To:* michael szpakowski <[email protected]>; Netbehaviour
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:47 PM
*Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines
city college's art collection
Hi Michael;
Your vision, it seems to me, is amazingly encompassing, and your
technical abilities are also outstanding.
In any case, perhaps Walter Benjamin's work can supply some
understanding here?
-Joel
On 11/15/2014 12:16 PM, michael szpakowski wrote:
Hi Joel
it's difficult to reply without sounding pretentious. I *think* what
I do is to look at things which interest me ( and some of these
things are themselves cultural in nature, but not all) and to make
things which feel, somehow, *true*.
From another direction it has occured to me recently that everything
I've made over the last 14/15 years resembles by analogy /zuihitsu/ -
an anthology of (extremely loosely) connected pieces united perhaps
only by the personality and interests of their maker.
Any more than that I think it's for someone else to say, but thanks
for asking. I really appreciate your interest!
warmest wishes
michael
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*From:* Joel Weishaus <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* michael szpakowski <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>; NetBehaviour for networked distributed
creativity <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:19 PM
*Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines
city college's art collection
Hi Michael;
All this work, which I've been looking through, is very engaging.
I'm wondering if there's a philosophical core that holds it together.
-Joel
On 11/15/2014 10:26 AM, michael szpakowski wrote:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/15610046710/
cheers
michael
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