art is not and never has been non-utilitarian ...
art doesnt operate independently or objectively
it is an indentured service provider which has always functioned to:
- storytell for the victors,
- religiously indoctrinate,
- relay status and power,
- earn investors squillions of $'s,
- dispel fear in times of crisis
science is constrained in the same way.
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On 4 Nov 2009, at 05:15, Melinda Rackham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> dear oron, et al
>
> return rant -- deviating slightly
>
> On 04/11/2009, at 2:24 PM, Oron Catts wrote:
>>
>> Let me pose it quite
>> bluntly; in the service of WHAT art operates? I am always
>> suspicious of art in
>> the service on anything beyond story telling.
>> ...
>> I am concern that art would lose one of the last
>> remaining privileges of being human – that of non-utilitarian expl
>> orations, many
>> sciences are loosing it already. Do we want to make art totally
>> applied? In
>> particular when art deals with new knowledge, it should strive to
>> be a non-
>> applied questioning force, not resolve anything, be in the service
>> of none, be
>> ambiguous, Problematise.
>
> art is not and never has been non-utilitarian ...
> art doesnt operate independently or objectively
> it is an indentured service provider which has always functioned to:
>
> - storytell for the victors,
> - religiously indoctrinate,
> - relay status and power,
> - earn investors squillions of $'s,
> - dispel fear in times of crisis
>
> science is constrained in the same way.
>
>> It would
>> have been the same to me if some net artist would seek my advice
>> concerning
>> the best software to use for some type of self obsessed exploration
>
>
> im so glad you like net art!
> in its origins net art is next of kin to citizen science - a diy
> routing around the functionalities and limitations of
> institutionalized practices - maybe the only niches available for
> 'independent" exploration, crazy ideas and ambiguity.
>
> and as self obsession has been a highly regarded genre of our times
> it works to the advantage of artists making, scientists exploring,
> curators showing and writers critiquing that which directly affects
> peoples sense of personal safety, financial security and species
> survival.
>
> best wishes
>
> Melinda
>
> Melinda Rackham
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>
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