At the most general level, Simon, your description rings true to me.
That acknowledged, I would point out that there is huge human
variability at every level, from atomic biology on up, and each level
has aspects that are discrete unto themselves. At another high level of
abstraction, for
re Simon's point about metaphysics being put to bed:
If metaphysics has been put to bed then we are indeed in the hyperreal.
But there are two sides to metaphysics -- the side that seeks to control the
world -- the realm of the Good, and the other side, less mentioned, that
deals in doubles,
Greg Ulmer makes a lovely point concerning the (wisdom) metaphysical traditions
and complicity in his reply to J Drucker
But the point is not the desire to opt out -- but to see what you are part of
as if from without. This is hard for many because things like patriotism get
jetissoned (and
We've spent some time discussing an assumed complicity with the world and its
events, art, politics and thought. We acknowledge our position as an
assumption, however well evinced and founded. Might we take another tack?
Perhaps it is too late for complicity. What if, by now, when complicity
Yes, I agree. That¹s why I said it is complicated...
Simon Biggs
Research Professor
edinburgh college of art
s.bi...@eca.ac.uk
www.eca.ac.uk
Creative Interdisciplinary Research into CoLlaborative Environments
CIRCLE research group
www.eca.ac.uk/circle/
si...@littlepig.org.uk
And what extends from this proposition - or is merely a ode to bad faith
On 1/9/10 6:23 AM, Simon Biggs s.bi...@eca.ac.uk wrote:
In short, everyone is always complicit.
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Saul has a very bright thought.
Further etymological notations:
Theatre de Complicite, now just Complicite (http://www.complicite.org/), the
British theatre group, seem to understand the term, since they started in
the early 80s, to mean collaboration, including mixing various technical
devices
