Re: [-empyre-] Luck of the Draw

[Christina McPhee <christina112@earthlink.net>]

On Jul 4, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Sarah Kanouse wrote:

>   As I understanding it, Agamben holds that the apprehension of the  
> potential for these various "forms-of-life" within the self is what  
> allows for the possibility for communication and intellectual  
> thought that is the political project of forging a common form-of- 
> life that does not enforce unity through the expulsion of, for  
> instance, those who have been expelled from New Orleans.


 to leave open this vulnerable space in the work itself so that  
'others' , the audience, finds its 'various ''forms of life" ' inside  
the work.  But this kind of work is  challenging to the State.
In its totalizing mood it wants to set groups against each other not  
allow the contradictions of free thought.

working within this level of psychological and political risk is as  
Tina has witnessed, a daunting experience, both with great highs and  
the many days of emptiness and vulnerable awareness.

if art forges a common form-of-life it is through the open work which  
itself is instantly subject to disintegration: its ephemerality  
though is powerful -- a moving target


cm






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