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

[claudia@anat.org.au]

yeah Keith! that's it: art is political, life is political, everything is 
political; some people believe that they do not have a political opinion but 
this in itself IS a 'political opinion', a passive political opinion that is, 
because when one perceives oneself as not having 'a political opinion' what one 
is really doing is AGREEING WITH THE STATUS QUO, and this is certainly 
political, the status quo i mean; you bet it is Ian, that's for SURE.
cheers claudia {;-)
PS: i am glad to see i am not the only one propping the agenda, ahead and 
forward propagendists!

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Quoting keith@blacknetart.com:

 Ian,
 
 All art is political. Work which unconsciously or
 carelessly engages with the political structures
 around it is often bad and therefore boring. Perhaps
 it is a mistake for you to look for work(especially
 about race) that makes you feel positively or work
 which less than difficult. I certainly hope that
 anyone who considers themselves to be invested in
 racism finds my work about race disturbing.
 
 Keith
 
 
  >> >From: "Ian Stevenson" <audile@bigpond.com>
  >> >To: "soft_skinned_space"
 <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
  >> >Subject: Re: [-empyre-] race, net-art, strategy
  >> >Date: Mon,  16:00
  >> >
  >>
  >> > Thanks Danny for making an opening for saying
 what I had wanted 
 to say.
  > Many
  >> > race political works are alienating for a white
 racist such as 
 myself.
  > It's
  >> > the process of identification, which is what
 creates much of the
  > positive
  >> > aesthetic effect in the work which I respond
 positively to, that 
 makes
  > me
  >> > turn away from these works. It is often the
 characteristics of 
 others,
  > in
  >> > which we see ourselves mirrored, that we dislike
 most. I find 
 much
  > political
  >> > art boring - I find race political art
 disturbing and difficult. 
 We are
  > all
  >> > situated within power structures. I look forward
 to the race 
 political
  > art
  >> > that finds the subtlety to engage the confused
 and only partly
  > self-aware
  >> > racists such as myself. The net has the
 potential to be a medium 
 for
  > this
  >> > kind of multivalent expression.
  >> >
  >> > Ian S
  >> >
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