Colbert Mashile at DK
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digital Compressionist studies
Exploring some new ideas related to the stuff I did for the PornAgain show, specifically trying to deal with some of the parameters important in digital art. Nathanial’s formulation of Compressionist work relates to these in terms of fucking around with the recording process, usually recording aims to be consistent and accurate, he screws that up big time by re-establishing the influence of the artist’s manual control of that process.
David Krut Publishing and Arts Resource + Colbert Mashile
David Krut Publishing and Arts Resource
The new site is live and I have agreed to, for a small fee, be web-editor on David’s sites.
Took some photographs at the very pleasant opening of Monotypes by Colbert Mashile at DK, (will upload these shortly) even engaged in a few interesting conversations – and had Je’anna and Béo drop in to say hi.
Richard’s opening talk did a great job of expressing the character of printmaking and shed some light on Colbert’s approach, though David did point out that Richard’s referring to prints as 2 dimensional art could be argued against.
Colbert’s works are, to my eye, all visually pleasing, sophisticated colour systems, some bold, some subdued. They certainly have some emotional content, the show seems to strike a kind of balance between humour and audacity initially, leading to works containing somewhat disturbing content, all tied together in a feeling of ritual and mystery. Figurative and subtle iconography, visually accessible yet with ample space for interpretation and conversation.
They don’t particularly speak to my personal taste.
(Still sad that i had to miss the Kentridge book launch)
hat that came out only after we were married
“Kentridge Under Erasure”
Interesting, dense but lucid consideration of some Kentridge related issues, in Art South Africa 2002 by Ashraf Jamal, who didn’t like the idea of a Kentridge ‘Retrospective’ exhibition. It makes for the kind of semantic fuss which I suspect is a practical impossibility everywhere outside of the distinctly intimidating world of arts discourse. I cant resist quoting a snippet from the concluding paragraph, adressing fashionable and popular opinion “…who, knowing better, invariably follow accredited opinion like swine…”
Perhaps a pointless road to go down, interrogating the locus of value, implicit vs. explicit worth etc. That is part of the nature of art, addressing questions so big, grasping the question and its invariably bigger answers, simultaneously, is just not going to happen today and all that you are left with are the occasionally entertaining semantic skirmishes around essentially indulgent artefacts.
TAXI pics from sunday @ Rosebank rooftop market
The Scribbler
onanymous drew (intended pun) my attention to ‘The Scribler’ where we (me and the program) made this
Ideal for lazy and want-to-be artists, draw some basic lines and let the programm do the rest
List of Theorists to Read
- John Dewey
- John Holt
- Bonnie Benard
- Steven Harrison
- Carl Rogers
- A.S. Neill
(LOCUS members are invited to add to this list by leaving comments here)
We shall soon see for ourselves
My response to concerns raised about eyespy being used for sinister purposes by unscroupulous types like stalkers etc. in threads on the Mail and Guardian Online and 419legal.org forums.
“… concerned about what is released to the public. … things like Stalkers and other loonies…
… Big Brother information could be quite dangerous… :bugeyes: ”Yes, you suggest a very scary scenario, (which has also been mentioned on the ,419legal.org of SAPS forum) but on the other hand, what if your kids have stayed out much later than they promised to be back and are not answering their mobile phone – in fact – even more worrying, you can’t trace their location via the cell phone company because their phone is off. Perhaps its battery has run down, perhaps they have turned it off not to be disturbed or… perhaps something more sinister is going on. I don’t think the eyespy service is that comprehensive or pervasive, yet. Imagine though, if you could at least find out where the vehicle they are travelling in is, or was last visible.
The necessary technology is available e.g. Continue reading
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