[NetBehaviour] The Art of the Hunt

[Dyske Suematsu]

Thank you, Michael; You inspired me to get more involved.

D

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Dyske Suematsu
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Michael Szpakowski <szpako at yahoo.com>wrote:

> & how nice it is to have you posting here on Netbehaviour, Dyske!
> warmest
> michael
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>  Thanks Dyske,
>
> "I think this article tells us what purpose art world is actually serving.
> There is a reason for every supply and demand."
>
> Very interesting -- especially when there is so much going elsewhere at
> the edge of art etc...
>
> marc
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-art-of-the-hunt.html
>
>  I thought this was an interesting article because it spells out
> something that the art world deliberately obfuscates in order to protect
> the prestige of everyone involved (not just collectors, but artists,
> galleries, museums, donors, etc..). I think this article tells us what
> purpose art world is actually serving. There is a reason for every supply
> and demand.
>
>  Another example of deliberate obfuscation is rolling papers. They
> pretend as though they are for rolling cigarettes but in reality people buy
> them to roll marijuana. The purpose of Q-tips is obfuscated too. We all buy
> them to clean our ear canals but the company pretends as though we never do
> (presumably to avoid law suits).
>
>  The art world exists to exalt the social statuses of egotistical men,
> and the artists are playing dumb, in denial, or truly ignorant of the
> purpose they are serving.
>
>  This is what I like about digital/net art. It's very bad at serving this
> purpose.
>
>  Dyske from NYC
> http://dyske.com
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