http://blog.selfportrait.net/2009/05/04/parliament-of-reality-vandalism-all-aspects-of-reception-must-be-transparent/ art contemporain, situationnisme, marxisme, esthetiques relationellese Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.selfportrait.net/2009/05/04/parliament-of-reality-vandalism-all-aspects-of-reception-must-be-transparent/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Paris Wed, 06 May 2009 22:02:46 +0000 http://blog.selfportrait.net/?p=288#comment-37 Because this is a high profile and costly art work, which, though paid for by largesse, is considered an controversial addition by many Bard students, and people should know how it's received on every level. The life of a public art work doesn't begin with it's happy-go-lucky ribbon cutting and day of panel discussions, and its write up in Artforum. Vandalism, even stupid, apolitical vandalism, is an important aspect of the reception of an artwork. That said, what's questionable about publishing this letter, which went out to well over a thousand people? Because this is a high profile and costly art work, which, though paid for by largesse, is considered an controversial addition by many Bard students, and people should know how it's received on every level. The life of a public art work doesn't begin with it's happy-go-lucky ribbon cutting and day of panel discussions, and its write up in Artforum. Vandalism, even stupid, apolitical vandalism, is an important aspect of the reception of an artwork. That said, what's questionable about publishing this letter, which went out to well over a thousand people?

]]> http://blog.selfportrait.net/2009/05/04/parliament-of-reality-vandalism-all-aspects-of-reception-must-be-transparent/comment-page-1/#comment-36 hk234j Wed, 06 May 2009 03:21:14 +0000 http://blog.selfportrait.net/?p=288#comment-36 Dude, why would you leak this letter? Dude, why would you leak this letter?

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