[NetBehaviour] 2000 9/11s

[Lawrence Upton]

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From: "james jwm-art net" <james at jwm-art.net>
To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed" <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] 2000 9/11s

IMHO?

I don't mean to be aggressive, but... _IMHO_ usually precedes remarks that 
are anything but humble.

Perhaps you mean IMO - i.e. with no claim to humility. Many years ago, a 
fine poet, Allen Fisher, responded to a mean-minded review of a fellow poet 
by saying "You have made the mistake of thinking that your opinions matter" 
and urging attention to the work itself and its context. That came to my 
mind when I read your response to Michael's suggestion of contextualisation

It may seem a joke to you; but that's not much use. We need to know why. How 
it seems to you is about as interesting to the rest of us as knowing what 
you had for breakfast.

I am surprised to see again remarks like _It seems a joke to suggest it be 
taken *seriously*, it's like old what's his face and his bricks in the tate 
modern._

_what's his face_ is called Carl Andre and I assume that you are referring 
to _Equivalent VIII_. It was called "The Bricks" by the press, perhaps 
because they couldn't remember such a long title and its composition at the 
same time.

Equivalent VIII must be powerful if it raises so much anger after 30 years; 
so it's probably best to deny the maker his own name, just to be sure. Well 
done, what's your name. I'll file that under _insurgents_ and _gooks_

As it wasn't suggested by Michael that _any response to it must come only 
from those who are *serious* and have a thorough knowledge of Alan's work_, 
there isn't really anything to say beyond noting that you have 
misrepresented him.

I am prepared to try reading further emails from you; but, perhaps, to be 
consistent, you could send them only to people who share your prejudices

L

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