Well said, Marc. On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, marc.garrett < marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote:
> Hi Paul, > > Geert needs to be more specific and highlight the curators who are 'not' > scared and who have been showing technical artwork such as Furtherifeld & > others - his words are not grounded and are too absolute, they do not > reflect reality... > > marc > > > http://conversations.e-flux.com/t/geert-lovink-on-social-media-and-the-arts/2581 > > "The absence at the 2015 Venice Bienale of digital arts and internet works > says it all. Curators are afraid to admit they are clueless and continue > their ignorant attitude towards art that deals with the digital in a direct > matter (while checking their smart phone). Everyone jumps on the > ‘post-digital’ bandwagon because that’s cute and safe. [...] Curators and > critics are more than happy to embrace the race, gender, even the > anthroposcene (whatever that is), but are blind for the techno-politics of > the equipment and media they are using themselves so intensely. The > contradictions are becoming absurd. Video was the last technology they had > to deal with, but then it stopped." > — Geert Lovink > > // > > enjoy, > > -- Paul > > > -- > ----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| --- > http://paulhertz.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing listnetbehavi...@netbehaviour.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org');>http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > >
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