[NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines city college's art collection

[Joel Weishaus]

I meant in particular the Arcades Project.

-Joel


On 11/15/2014 3:10 PM, michael szpakowski wrote:
> I don't know. I love (critically) Benjamin's writings ( and perhaps 
> even more *how* he writes -it's very much the way he tells them) but 
> whether any of them apply to me I don't know - except it occurs to me 
> that quotation and reference are really important to me & I've always 
> been fascinated by his notion of "jigsawed" writing, composed entirely 
> of quotes, which seems a lot more relevant idea today  than the too 
> often trotted out 'art in the era of mechanical reproduction' ...
> cheers
> michael
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> *From:* Joel Weishaus <joelweishaus at gmail.com>
> *To:* michael szpakowski <michael at dvblog.org>; Netbehaviour 
> <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines 
> city college's art collection
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> Hi Michael;
>
> Your vision, it seems to me, is amazingly encompassing, and your 
> technical abilities are also outstanding.
> In any case, perhaps Walter Benjamin's work can supply some 
> understanding here?
>
> -Joel
>
> On 11/15/2014 12:16 PM, michael szpakowski wrote:
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>> Hi Joel
>> it's difficult to reply without sounding pretentious. I *think* what 
>> I do is to look at things which interest me ( and some of these 
>> things are themselves cultural in nature, but not all) and to make 
>> things which feel, somehow, *true*.
>> From another direction it has occured to me recently that everything 
>> I've made over the last 14/15 years resembles by analogy /zuihitsu/ - 
>> an anthology of (extremely loosely) connected pieces united perhaps 
>> only by the personality and interests of their maker.
>> Any more than that I think it's for someone else to say, but thanks 
>> for asking. I really appreciate your interest!
>> warmest wishes
>> michael
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>> *From:* Joel Weishaus <joelweishaus at gmail.com> 
>> <mailto:joelweishaus at gmail.com>
>> *To:* michael szpakowski <michael at dvblog.org> 
>> <mailto:michael at dvblog.org>; NetBehaviour for networked distributed 
>> creativity <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org> 
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>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:19 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] a graduate art history class examines 
>> city college's art collection
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>> Hi Michael;
>>
>> All this work, which I've been looking through, is very engaging.
>> I'm wondering if there's a philosophical core that holds it together.
>>
>> -Joel
>>
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>> On 11/15/2014 10:26 AM, michael szpakowski wrote:
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>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/15610046710/
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>>> cheers
>>>
>>> michael
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