dear Steve and others -
[i have not the time to read all posts here - to visit all links - and
wasn't at any curator conference]
(s.mile a.way - i am sorry when mis- or dis-reading
but was ............ by 'soft furniture')
as
al.ways it depends on what you wanna get -
reading 'soft furniture' - i am thinking at people
flacking lazy in front of a screen - eating pop-corn
and drinking beer --- not at all a situation you may
get any 'inspiring' experience.
well - video is a stream - and might be - when sitting
comfortably you will not be 'overwhelmed' by visual
short cut overload.
for interactive works - (ie. net/web/i-art) i would prefer NOT to immitate
the intimate situation 'every' user has more or less at home or at work.
'intimate' not meant as a 'sexual stimulating' place but as a place where
you know the environment (furniture, walls ........ up to voices, noices
etc.).
it is a bit like: when i am looking (as a mac user) at the 'terrible' blue
top of the window of win - in opposite to a win user replying:
"which blue stripe?"
+ intimacy means the unique 'one to one' situation of the experience
(viewer-piece).
in an installation - and every digital piece in a 'strange' room becomes an
(artificial - artistic) installation - the environment should integrate with
the piece (and transform its meaning at the same moment).
you might to prefer to sit on a 'chaiselongue' in front of one piece,
to stand in front of the other, to walk around the next, to kneel in front
of another.
(i still like my idea of semi-transparent white tents - or a japanese desk
from which you are eating art - from the screen embed in the top plate.*)
[*sponsors well.come ;)]
in my sight there exists no real concept or has to - but a diversity of
possibities (which reflects the diversity of the art (pieces) at the same
moment).
only a short comment
i put in your hand
(and maybe mind)
best
Reiner
> I wonder if "soft furniture" is, in fact, an interesting strategy.
> Graham talks about this in the context of tv and video in an essay at
> http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/publications/grahamdg.shtml.
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