Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-03 Thread narvis ...pez
At 10:35 am -0400 2/4/00, George Free wrote: What did Buren say ? In relation to Duchamp. For myself, they are still unresolved even if a solution appears from time to time in my work. "there is no solution because there is no problem" indeed duchamp ...pez ps: i stayed two hours in a line

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-03 Thread George Free
Terrence writes; I find it sad how many artits are taught to be so critical. They seem to create under such burdons and with theortical restraints. I am anti bordom. If you aren't critical, though, you will just repeat the past -- and actually you will only repeat the outward appearance of

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-03 Thread Carol Starr
hi george, can you give us the text for the buren/duchamp critisism? perhaps when we think of criticism we might better say investigations. alot of study is required if one isn't going to go around thinking one has invented the wheel.especially early on in one's career. carol starr taos, new

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-02 Thread Terrence J Kosick
Terrence writes; I find it sad how many artits are taught to be so critical. They seem to create under such burdons and with theortical restraints. I am anti bordom. Everyone born a child. I can see more clearly what is ahead as I respond to what is before me not behind. Why relive what is

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-01 Thread George Free
Is it possible not to have a context? I don't see how it could be. "Contextualization" would only be making the context explicit. In this case, analyzing and stating motives. Well, that is what "contextualisation" meens. But I think, we must be grown up enough, to take things for

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-04-01 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
This starts to become an interesting discussion: Does any artist make the context explicit? Well, yes ... Haacke, for one. Buren has criticized Duchamp precisely on this point. Could you explain this a little bit more ? Haacke is, IMHO, strong because he doesnt need a context for his works.

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-31 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
Is it possible not to have a context? I don't see how it could be. "Contextualization" would only be making the context explicit. In this case, analyzing and stating motives. Well, that is what "contextualisation" meens. But I think, we must be grown up enough, to take things for themselves.

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-31 Thread narvis ...pez
At 10:35 am +0200 31/3/00, Heiko Recktenwald wrote: Is it possible not to have a context? I don't see how it could be. "Contextualization" would only be making the context explicit. In this case, analyzing and stating motives. Well, that is what "contextualisation" meens. But I think, we must

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-31 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
"Contextualization" would only be making the context explicit. In this case, analyzing and stating motives. Well, that is what "contextualisation" meens. But I think, we must be Lets take a public monument, you cant say it means this and that, first, its just there, and then public

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-30 Thread Heiko Recktenwald
The nature of e-mail is one of high ambiguity and that is worth remembering Media in general. But I suspect easter bunnies are less sensitiv. Or what ? Has Fluxus ever been so harmless ? No.

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-30 Thread Roger Stevens
Maybe we could try a list, make a game. I am sensitive for: The Easter Bunny R

Re: FLUXLIST: Sensitive Issues

2000-03-30 Thread George Free
I think most people here find the posting of such material witout some contextualising statement somewhat offensive to say the least. This is a point of view I dont accept. Contextualisation... Is it possible not to have a context? I don't see how it could be. "Contextualization" would