hi I think this post by Brian Holmes adds some interesting perspectives to this debate http://brianholmes.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/art-and-the-paradoxical-citizen/
best armin On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 12:50 +0100, Andreas Maria Jacobs wrote: > Hi Jaromil et al > > Nicely said and exactly what matters > > The artificially maintained divide between 'public' and 'private' are the > lines these conflicts are expressed in > > For me as an artist the most horrible reactions towards my works are > always the misconceptions about its functioning in a social context, for > that is exactly what not is needed but almost always wanted as a kind of > socially build in reflex, which is grounded on nothing but make believe > and cultural determined behavioral attitudes > > So my mental exile is based upon a very individual approach towards my own > production, whereas I intend to build upon a 'common' understanding of > their workings both 'public' and 'private' > > Communistic art, communist art, communal art? > > I tend to reorient towards the 'interbellum', form last century, when > people like Brecht and Weil, Tucholkski, Heartfield, Kokoschka, Eisler etc > etc were trying to develop exactly that: a common understanding and a > common, open form of art disconnected from the economical domain of the > rich and the privileged. > > > > Andreas Maria Jacobs ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
