Hi again all, on this other channel (thread),
Thanks so much for such a great discussion and rich links. I love that Memo did the brain-dump he did, as an artist's own perspective on the medium they work with does tend to result in deeper specific thinking of the experience of the viewer, which is perhaps something which is missing from our discussion so far -- the platform/medium/support might change from one exhibition to another, and that change be documented, but capturing the difference in experience is still the elusive bit?
I'll be speaking at the conference at Bard which has been mentioned twice here already, so any key questions you want me to work on or tease out, please do post here.
To take up Rick's question:
On 24 Aug 2015, at 19:21, Richard Rinehart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I wonder what folks here think about some conservators recently recommending de-emphasizing the artist’s viewpoint in preservation decisions: http://www.voca.network/artist-intent/ <http://www.voca.network/artist-intent/>
I completely agree that an artist's intent changes over time as they find themselves nearer or further from their work - what they hoped it would be, and what is has become, or how the audience thinks of it. I have been testing this with the cooperation of Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead and their work Stutterer, which will take until 2080 or so to run completely (and only if we keep it plugged in that long, nevermind the hardware/software on which it runs). They can speak to it more directly but we now joke that the preservation documentation file for the work will consist of a timeline on which I will map their answers to the same questions I repeatedly ask them at regular intervals (and how their answers change if I remind them of their previous answers or not).
But it is this question from Danny I really also want to work on:
On 24 Aug 2015, at 13:55, "Birchall, Danny" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> & so even the artist's death may not be a barrier to the migration & realisation of their works in new forms....
What can we learn from literature, music, and other disciplines in this?
Sarah
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