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{ From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
{ poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stephen Vincent
{ Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:10 PM
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{ Subject: Re: Christo
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{ Every work of art is an act of violation.
{ It is a legitimate act if it liberates something else.
{ (This is not to be confused with George Bush whose liberation rhetoric is
{ oppression in disguise).
{ It is a mistake to confuse the priests with the message. They just be
{ ordinary people with "transmission rights". As ordinary they can be
{ frequently vain and variously opportunistic - confusing the gold on the
{ garment with what in the spirit is being transformed.
{ The Christos often can suffer from what priests suffer. I worked with them
{ closely on a book related to The Umbrellas. I have known them as entirely
{ generous to many. I believe the fundamental spirit of the work is public and
{ generous. Mark's celebration of Central Park in summer as a community
{ celebration is no doubt true. But, I suspect, different in kind from The
{ Gates. Mark is quite right, I think, in pointing out how The Gates give
{ rebirth and a public acknowledgment to the original genius of the Park's
{ plan by Olmstead and Vaux. Now that the Gates are down, they will have a
{ shadow, haunting effect (a spell) on the public imagination of the Park and
{ its memory of where the Gates were and what they do to refresh the presence
{ of the Park as time moves on.
{ The complaint about costs reminds me of someone who has just taken an
{ the Christos control every word that is written about the project(s),
{ as well as the reproduction rights on any of his art.
Hmmm, well, they may have vetted what Mark and you have written, but
not what I have--they haven't even vetted the Polaroids that Lynda and I
took, or even asked for copies.
Hal
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