best,
Chris
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J e t z t z e i tS t u d i o s
... the space between zero and one ...
Walter Benjamin
Los Angeles + San Francisco
CA
The present age prefers the sign
Hi Marc,
Apologies for not responding any sooner but have just returned from
holiday
Perhaps its simply that the mental fog that has not altogether
dissipated from the festivities ... however, I'm troubled by your
response and am uncertain if it is a response to my earlier informal
Virginia - Hi -
Many thanks for proferring your definitions below as the basis for
elaborating further upon our dinner conversation and as a means of
departure ...
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:20 AM, virginia solomon wrote:
Hi Everyone
Like everyone else, I'd like to thank Christina for
In an jump here, by chance, has anyone seen this recent piece by
Bronson and Hobbs ... and, if so, might you have any comments as to
how it may or may not add to our dinner conversation re: relational
aesthetics?
AA Bronson Peter Hobbs
AA Bronson and Peter Hobbs' Invocation of the
Ahhh but that danger is a presumption, no?
On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:38 AM, frederic neyrat wrote:
(by the way, R Krauss seems to be able to reject avant-gardes
fantasies of the origin in forgetting the political aim of this
return: when Malévitch says je me suis transfiguré dans le zéro des
Hi Marco, Micha, everyone
The irony implicit in your statement re: this situation begs for
further explication + analysis:
It is only in this country that three decades of brainwashing have
led to the obliteration of historic memory (the cancellation of May1st
being the most notable
Hi Renate -
I'm intrigued by your use of the descriptive phrases below: ludic
Interfaces as well as now read as cold as any reflexive modernist
compositional exercise.
If possible, I'd appreciate you furthering this position -
Many thanks -
Chris
On Nov 28, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Renate
Thanks, Renate, for clarifying - I should have looked more closely
it now appears that the discussion may have moved on = pursuing this
may well be mute!
On Nov 29, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Renate Ferro wrote:
Chris, That was actually Kevin's post not mine.I was also curious
hence my
Dear Johanna,
Many thanks for your post which astutely articulates and reflects a
number of conversations with friends and colleagues that I’ve had
during the past few months. Specifically, I so appreciate your candor
and courage and do hope that your post will open up a space for this
discussion –
Chris
Begin forwarded message:
From: Christiane Robbins c...@mindspring.com
Date: January 2, 2010 10:21:08 AM PST
To: soft_skinned_space empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
Cc: emp...@gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au
Subject: Re: [-empyre-] complicit post
Reply-To: soft_skinned_space empyre
A hyper-condensed tour ( informed and infinitely re-iterated
compliments of academic institutualization )
Could commodities themselves speak, they would say: in the eyes of
each other we are nothing but exchange values.
Marx, Capital, Vol. 1
Marx introduced his analysis of the system
Hi John -
Thanks so much for you draft.
Just want to make clear that i don't identify myself a Marxist -
although my graduate studies at Cal Arts were during a period where
critical theory was becoming entrenched and serving as a point of
reference ( hopefully not illustration) for art
I would totally agree with you Christina and appreciate the
ethical issues to which you refer.
However, there is contradiction between the strategies of market
based practices and ellicitation of of empathy that needs to be
addressed. The ellicitation of ( culturally specific)
-- Americans will continue to get the
politicians they deserve (as do we all)
best
gerry
From: empyre-boun...@gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au
] On Behalf Of Christiane Robbins [...@mindspring.com]
Sent: January 22, 2010 12:20 PM
To: soft_skinned_space
Subject
Gerry - please help me out here w/ further delineation as your
notion of the degradation of the image is operative on numerous levels -
Thx -
C
On Feb 6, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Gerry Coulter wrote:
With each passing generation the image is further degraded
or ... to take a look at Pat's interactive rendition/ DVD-ROM of
Tracing the Decay of Fiction that was created and produced in
collaboration with Marsha Kinder and Rosemary Comella of the Labyrinth
Project at USC is more like a supernova colliding with a black
hole: the
Chris et all,
I don't know what I can say other than thank you so very much for this
post - its a most welcome rupture!
My apologies in that I don't have any time to adequately respond - in
order to do it justice.
Best,
C
On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:43 AM, christopher sullivan wrote:
Hi
By way of possible follow-up, some of you may be interested in the
research trajectories of a recent USC doctoral student, Annabelle
Honess Roe, whose dissertation revolved around a study of animated
documentaries as seen thru the lens of epistemology:
I argue that animation expands the
Hi Simon -
Sadly, this is not news to many professors in the States, especially
since 9/11 and especially to those on the faculty of Research 1
Universities. It has proven to be the basis of critical issues for
several I know and they have struggled ( actually suffered ) for the
past
Re: de Certeau - Ahhh. but there is that nasty issue of
intellectual property which innumerable university administrators and
academic senate committees have set their sights on for years now.
On Apr 15, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Beatriz da Costa wrote:
Dear Jo, Rita et al,
Thank you
I, too, have been reading these exchanges with interest. For me it
represents a rather fascinating evolution of theories, strategies,
actions and struggles that have been taking place for the latter part
of the 20thc and clearly continue to this day. Ironically, a pivotal
voice in
I can't tell you how deeply saddened I am to hear of Steve's passing.
Often not fully acknowledged, he was early force behind the
advancement of digital media and various conceptual and art practices
in the SF Bay Area. Not only had he been a colleague, he was a friend
- full of energy,
There is an impressive lineage of critical inquiry into these
histories of Los Angeles that marks the past 20 years. These range
from not only cinematic narrative ( feature, independent,
experimental) but to authors such as Mike Davis ( City of Quartz,
Ecology of Fear, etc.) and Norman
Really a dystopian view relative to whom or what cultural
context ?
So is Marcuse, who seems out of fashion at the moment but
offers a model of action that allows for a dystopian view.
On Mar 13, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Simon Biggs wrote:
Certainly, in an art world where marketing
Ok then ... let's divert the bandying a bit - In considering chic I,
of course, think of fashionable or at least some affectation of a
specific notion of fashionability.
I also happen to think of gender. If I were to extrapolate a bit
more, I can easily position your argument aligning
Hi Tim et all,
That may well be the case as you have so eloquently articulated.
However, these 20th c strategies strike me as speaking more to
adaptive reuse than innovation - more as playing for the court than
effecting truly a subversive action, as it so portends. At this point
in time
media work queerly!
Christiane Robbins
J e t z t z e i tS t u d i o s
... the space between zero and one ...
Walter Benjamin
Los Angeles + San Francisco
CA
The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the
original, fancy to reality,
the appearance
Hi there -
In hopes of being able to cogently contribute to this week's discussion, some
of you may find a clip from one of my earlier video pieces to be of interest -
Leave little to be Desired. It was my MFA thesis piece ( 1989 ! ) that
functioned as both a single channel and installation
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