--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PD] Am I alone? > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <[email protected]> > Cc: "ailo" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 10:15 PM > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Jonathan Wilkes > wrote: > > > Well, the evidence offered that university artists > tend toward a particular conception of art is that Duchamp > and Cage are found there, implying that where you find > _them_ you find that conception. > > Knowing them is one thing, enjoying them is another thing, > and venerating them is yet another thing. I named only two > because I'm not making a master's thesis on the anthropology > of the art world. > > > So I'd venture to guess that your feedback loop > excludes them-- otherwise you wouldn't be essentializing > them by using their names as broad opposition to the > "mysterious skill". > > I don't consider the "mysterious skill" meaning of the > "art"-word to be mine. In fact, I don't consider any use of > the word to be mine. > > And just because the university artists give a > disproportionate amount of attention to Duchamp/Cage/etc > doesn't in itself mean that Duchamp/Cage/etc are excluded > from whoever else's conception of art. But you explicitly excluded Duchamp/Cage from the "mysterious skill" conception. (Unless mentioning them was a non sequitur.) -Jonathan > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu Bouchard ---- tél: +1.514.383.3801 ---- > Villeray, Montréal, QC > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
