EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS. . .it's my mantra. (like others before)
it's a philosophy of acceptance. our world changes so fast, it's as if things are appearing and disappearing before my eyes. I am an artist, a designer, a thinker. . .I'm a good observer. . .I live in a very mainstream corporate city. . .a sort of cultural battlefield, a provincial town struggling for (imaginal) international acceptance. . .a little high on the hope of it. . .our optimism is sometimes blinding. I would love to live somewhere else. . .but for now I am here, watching everythingdisappear in the urban forest!
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I started a blog today, because I need a place to publish my thoughts & opinions, let off steam, practice my voice.
word of the day is: corpo-norm. I went to a well-meaning art event last night--over 400 artists applying for $1500. we sat while the presenter told us how special we are, that curators and gate-keepers are very curious to discover the artists in atlanta. and this is how they will meet us. . .through an on-line bureaucratic form, a standardized resume (the ole C.V) and 8 jpegs. not very southern at all. . .
I often wonder why we want to turn all activities into a profession. . .I'm rather starting to dislike the word.
(more on that later)
ciao! -kt
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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What is even worst is that we spend so many funds trying to get to a place of selling our art to we are only recovering the money we spend out. Secondly, what does getting to know an artist personally have to do with liking what you see and buying something
I'm starting to really get with the anti-material movement in art. publish online, make video, audio, public works, works of performance or communication. if you make art product, you are confronted head-on with powerful commercial & coporate systems. we are very conformist this way right now.
it's totally ridiculous when you think of art as a spiritual practice and a political act. even if your artwork is not political, choosing the art path is a political statement. it's a choice to spend energy & time on a non-money making endeavor. . .you choose to be a creative producer of content and culture, not just a receiver of it.
many artists are desperate for recognition, for access to the dream of not working a 9-5 job. . . they want to be seen as "successful," like people in other professions. they are willing to trade in one middle class profession for another one that is called artist.
but ultimately, we must have a submissive relationship to the corpo-norm. even if we learn how to be indie artists (with our own financial support and networks of validation), by dropping out of their system, we allow it to continue & grow unchallenged.
im interested in your desire to explore anti-material. the void avoid of product.
i am not sure if i am spiritual. you mention this and then go into political (which is used as a somewhat generic term)
the politics,regardless of intention become something specific. some have done their market research and have a rote formula.which is spiritual in its own way. routine.hmm. oops. i dunno.
making a living is not even relevant.hell,a person's/artist's personal health on any level is actually irrelevant.
but i suppose putting it in the terms you use is a way that many can read and project (hopefully?) aspects of themselves onto.
it isnt spiritual tho, i guess.not as a contrary to commercialism or con-form normo er what.
success to me goes back to your original expression regarding art product etc... this thought is a good specific reaction. cuz i personally find the ways you describe (there are others)the only recourse an artist has now,to adopt the will and sentiment you express - to do something-in that way, it manages to "escape!-to stand distinctively and descriptive,within ,or outside of,a sorta now.
no other choice.(has happened before,hasnt it all?)
i thought my painting "Lovely" (at the bottom on my shrodingersphoenix blog) represented an understanding-even tho it is an object. a thing that can be commodified.it can't really.
well, don't get me wrong, eggtooth. . .I love material objects. . .especially those that are aged, or otherwise rather undone from its original factory birth.
most art is still rather home-made and small scale in this regard. art-making is about communication to me. . .a chance to add content to the public record, no matter how obscure the placement.
although it might be wasteful to produce a lot of physical art, if all you're doin' is storing it.
I've been thinking a lot about the role of publishing. . .image books, online mags, radio broadcasts. . .even this blog is an effort to find an easy everyday art channel.
being on a recycling quest as of late, I find the anti-material art bit interesting... sort of fits in to the new green econ Mr. Pres. elect hopes to achieve. though, i beg to differ with the title of your blog. but i like it non-the-less.
I'm interested as to why you beg to differ with the title: everything disappears. . .but, everything re-appears, too.
this is the cadence of all things material. I believe we are heading for a respiritualization of our world, due to the collapse of so much material, so quickly. . .our world is no longer as materially stable that way. . .forcing us all to come to terms with . . .the innevitable end to all things material. . .
I love old things and historical imagery for this reason. . .we are blips in the universe, like fireflies.
-kt
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