Re: [-empyre-] The city as a skin -- Sparta and the helots / retrofitting -- not

2012-03-23 Thread nicholas watts
Hi Simon and All, Firstly apologies for not making myself clearer my groundless standpoint is always less is more or even better nothing is better than everything, however that does not always work that well when in a rush, as i still am, but will hope to be more transparent. I have assumed that

Re: [-empyre-] The city as a skin -- Sparta and the helots / retrofitting -- not

2012-03-23 Thread nicholas watts
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, nicholas watts watts...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Simon and All, Firstly apologies for not making myself clearer my groundless standpoint is always less is more or even better nothing is better than everything, however that does not always work that well when

Re: [-empyre-] The city as a skin -- Sparta and the helots / retrofitting -- not

2012-03-21 Thread nicholas watts
Hi All, I have been silently engaged in this fascinating discussion, but i have to interject on a couple of points made by simon. to begin with political is not of itself it is borne out of conflict not in a dialectical state but through demos, therefore what occupy constitutes is a counter story

Re: [-empyre-] real vs. unreal

2011-04-30 Thread nicholas watts
Hi All, the conversation with the last 2 posts has become interesting and although i dont have the time to create a physical presence at the moment, i thought this conversation between alfredo jaar and simon critchley which takes on a removal of veils, would suit these publications. Mute

Re: [-empyre-] the art of forgetting

2011-03-13 Thread nicholas watts
Hi, yes, since when has the role of the artist or for that matter art in and of itself assumed the didactic role, it seems that in this current protest climate what is needed is as Nietzsche would demand a physio/physic need to forget in order to emerge. Best. Nick. Watts.