[-empyre-] the art of forgetting

[nicholas watts]

sorry but that is an absolute TRAP, art or artists position is not to assume
a ROLE

and sorry to repeat nietzche again, but his addage of BEWARE of the
impoverished the poor or

depressed is a point in case for your increasingly conflated argument.   "It's
part of the role of artists to ensure we don't forget about them."
it is always about the work, unless the work is not strong enough which is
increasingly the case, then the artist assumes the frame.

nick.



On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Julian Oliver <julian at julianoliver.com>wrote:

> ..on Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 02:10:27PM +1300, simon wrote:
> > Simon Biggs wrote:
> >
> > "It's part of the role of artists to ensure we don't forget."
>
> Hmm, I don't think this is true really. Donning a role of social
> responsibility,
> whether that be for a moral project or cultural heritage, hasn't been
> widely
> practiced by artists since the Englightenment. Unless you're from an
> underprivileged background or oppressive political circumstance, it seems
> assuming such a role in one's art is increasingly frowned upon, lacking
> rigour,
> within the broader machine of self-disillusionment that is contemporary
> art.
>
> Rather:
>
>        "It's part of the role of artists to ensure we don't forget about
> them."
>
> Cheers,
>
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