By the way yesterday I got a copy of the new book written by the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. He is a big Benjamin specialist and discovered now in Paris unknown manuscripts from Baudelaire. He wrote a book linking together Baudelaire s new material with Benjamin Arcades. The book can be read as a continuation of the Arcades, a real masterpiece. Ana
Enviado desde Samsung Mobile -------- Mensaje original -------- De: michael szpakowski <[email protected]> Fecha:16/11/2014 11:36 (GMT-03:00) A: Joel Weishaus <[email protected]>,Netbehaviour <[email protected]>,NetBehaviour for Networked Distributed Creativity <[email protected]> Asunto: Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines city college's art collection Ah - I don't really know the Arcades Project ( I mean - I know something *of* it but I haven't read the published assembly). I don't know. Really. I think that these things are better spoken of by others than oneself. If I have any credo it is *not* to have any sort of plan, except to make stuff - and I come back to that pious but in my view necessary word - which is honest ... warmest wishes michael From: Joel Weishaus <[email protected]> To: michael szpakowski <[email protected]>; Netbehaviour <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines city college's art collection 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 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 From: Joel Weishaus <[email protected]> To: michael szpakowski <[email protected]>; NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[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 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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