Re: [-empyre-] race-net-art

["claudia raddatz" <claudia@anat.org.au>]

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one of the questions raised by my work is: "but where do we go from here?" a
fantastic question.

well, i would like to propose another question that might help to answer
your question: where have we been before?

art is an INTEGRAL part of life, the psychosis is pretty recent, the
psychosis that separates ART from LIFE and turns it into a commodity
(product) that gave the "owner" (not the creator) status and that eventually
over the centuries got packaged and sold and treated like any other product,
like toilet paper for instance

ART is LIFE and LIFE is ART ... the minute we are born into a body we are
surrounded and immersed in art the ART OF NATURE ... cheers claudia {;-)


> i had to change the subject line....
>
> there is a lot to respond to, and, i'm not going to really address it
> all, as i don't think that responding to every point is an artist's
> job. i think generating discussion and dialogue is where it's at, and
> that seems to be going on, there the audience finds answers for
> themselves. and perhaps even more questions. which to me is magical,
> and why i do what i do.
>
> i love all the responses to my art. none of them traumatize me
> (someone suggested such). people have told me i'm selling out, black
> people have called me a "nigger cunt".  white people have threatened
> to lynch me. people have told me i've told the story of their lives,
> others that i've changed their view of the world for the better. it's
> inspired laughter, rage, tears. it's all audience reaction and it's
> all part of the art, every last word. it's BEAUTIFUL.
>
> one of the questions raised by my work is: "but where do we go from
> here?" a fantastic question. one worth talking about. one worth
> creating chats and groups and meetings and revolutions to address. i
> trust my audience to do what they see fit with the work. that is part
> of our relationship. what they do with their reaction is their part
> in the work. i honor them for that.
>
> my work is to hold a mirror up to our world to get us to look at it
> in a way that sparks a "shift" in our thinking. that
> re-conceptualizes what we take for granted and makes us think about
> it again. that's my part in the process. and it is a process, i work
> hard at it, but it doesn't begin or end with me, i'm just lucky to be
> a part of it.
>
> i love that the reaction  i posted is acting as art itself.
> generating dialogue, drawing lines in the sand, causing people to
> state their ground and experiences and perspectives and hopes. it's
> an awesome process and i'm just glad to see that it's engaged.
>
> people don't always like that this is my take on things. they want an
> answer..."what do we do?????"
> but we live in a society that is very lazy about finding answers.
> which is why we've made such little progress on some fronts, and
> actually allow some heinous rent-a-negro realities to exist (dont'
> think they don't, just watch tv for half an hour) (god has anyone
> seen "banzai" ?) but we get frustrated. people scream at me "tell me
> what to do!"  "give me a solution" "you raised the question!!!"
>
> but that just isn't the way it works. not for me. i don't want art
> that answers questions. i want art that raises them. i make art that
> raises them. then i work on the answers, in all of my relationships,
> every day.
>
>
> damali
>
>
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