[NetBehaviour] Crisis_at_the_ICA:_Ekow_Eshun1s_Experiment_in_Deinstitutionalisation
d.waterson at hushmail.com
d.waterson at hushmail.com
Fri Feb 12 12:30:23 CET 2010
Hi Stuart, Rob and everyone on the list,
Slightly hesitant in being part the discussion, have been
unsubscribing and resubscribing on and off. I will stay now - this
list and most of the people who use it and furtherfield to me, is
an essential resource for anyone dedicated in learning and knowing
about contemporary art, the actual contemporary. Not just that, I
have noticed that the audience and subscribers here sometimes
collaborate, the energy is very different than traditional ways of
creating, and feels deeper than what I am used to. Much more going
on at many different levels.
Until today I have always been lurking and reading the discussions
and viewing a lot of the work submitted here, sometimes just
viewing archives. My background is in painting, since working with
peer students on projects at Greenwich UNiversity on computers,
collaborative networks I have found a whole new world has opened up
for me and it is actually very overwheling. Like Stuart said, it is
like a secret has suddenly been unveiled.
I am very disappointed with the mainstream art scene, it all seems
so shallow and empty compared to the dynamic and questioning energy
that comes about from new media art, still not sure what to call it
- I have noticed that even some of the main people who practice
this genre (is it a genre?) are not in complete agreement
themselves about the term anyway. I think this is a good thing, it
feels right that it is still in flux and changing all of the time.
I will be at HTTP Gallery tomorrow evening. Have been researching
and finding great live art and media art for a little while, and
Annie Abraham's work is really interesting, actually it's brilliant
and I can't wait to see it as it happens in the space. The last
show I saw there was Jeremy Bailey's and the performance he did was
magnificent. Been following his work as well. I have also been
looking at work by Renee and De Geuzen, but there is so much other
stuff out there which is exciting as well, like the reviews on
furtherfield. I would not know about digicult.it, neural.it, node
london and artisopensource if this community did not exist, so I
can understand why people are very passionate about it.
I'm afraid when talking about the ICA, I have nothing useful to
contribute. It just does not feature in my life. I have seen
exhibitions there, to be honest I have usually left bored and felt
empty inside, which is actually how I feel with most mainstream art
shows at the moment. I suppose it could be a generational thing, it
looks to me as though this EKow guy is going to pinch many ideas
from a culture which has genuinely grown from learning and
discovery. And he's like the spoilt cat that pinches the cream. It
seems a bit cheap and desperate to me - sorry:-(
I know there is a whole bunch of students subscribed on here just
reading and learning and visiting projects, events and shows which
is shared here. I also know many of them are shy and feel out of
their depth, I feel like this. I still would like to hear from some
of them. I have done it and now I feel much more part of the list.
And I know it sounds corny, but I also feel part of an important
moment of history. Things are changing and I know this, because I
am part of the change.
Here is a site I have been enjoying lately. I have not seen it
posted on the list yet. Hope you like it :-)
http://everythingvisual.net/?p=906
daniella.
A student discoverying worlds out there, not just my own ego.
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