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BIO
Michael Szpakowski is an artist, composer, writer and educator.
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
Wednesday 27th Sept, about 7 PM: By Tram & Bus from the Midland Station to Broomhill
Wednesday 27th Sept, about 7 PM: By Tram & Bus from
the Midland Station to Broomhill
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/10/02#post118
18.9 MB 10:41 min
has sound/music.
best
michael
the Midland Station to Broomhill
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/10/02#post118
18.9 MB 10:41 min
has sound/music.
best
michael
Some New Work
Couple of new pieces:
'4 self portraits with music & sprites'
'In the Shakespeare Herb Garden'
both at
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/09/21
also a collab: concept & visuals by Doron Golan, music
by me -
'Goya's Stories'
http://dvblog.org/?pq5
best
michael
'4 self portraits with music & sprites'
'In the Shakespeare Herb Garden'
both at
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/09/21
also a collab: concept & visuals by Doron Golan, music
by me -
'Goya's Stories'
http://dvblog.org/?pq5
best
michael
Re: Mail Art
Religious art is art that is made for places of
worship. The experience of religious art is intimately
tied up with the many meta-experiences & practices
surrounding the act of worship.
This is not to say that religious art cannot be shown
in the museum. Like gourds and spears it can be
presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
Internet art is art that is made for the internet.The
experience of internet art is intimately tied up with
the experience of sitting at a computer which is
often used for more prosaic activities. The experience
of internet art is indissolubly connected with the
isolation of the user, sitting alone in front of a
monitor, often at night, sometimes drunk or mind
bogglingly tired. Tired, so tired. This is not to say
that internet art cannot be shown in the museum. Like
gourds and spears it can be presented in an
anthropological context. But like gourds and spears in
museum vitrines it has been removed from the world it
was created in and given a new context....
Art that was made in 1970 is art that was made in
1970.The experience of art that was made in 1970 is
intimately tied up with the experience of being in
1970. The experience of art that was made in 1970 is
only fully available if you were there. Man...you had
to have been there.
This is not to say that art that was made in 1970
cannot be shown in the museum. Like gourds and spears
it can be presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
Art made by women is art that is made in the context
of the skein of experiences & herstories that are
tied up with the biological make-up of women & also
the political & social consequences of the oppression
of women in class society.
It cannnot therefore be fully experienced by anyone
who does not have first hand subjective access to
these experiences.
This is not to say that art that is made by women
cannot be shown in the museum. Like gourds and spears
it can be presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
michael
--- Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org> wrote:
> Mail art is art that is sent through the postal
> system. The experience
> of mail art, its mode of consumption, is of
> receiving aesthetic ephemera
> delivered with the rest of the mail.
>
> This is not to say that mail art cannot be shown in
> the museum. Like
> gourds and spears it can be presented in an
> anthropological context. But
> like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has
> been removed from the
> world it was created in and given a new context.
>
> Mail art designed to be shown in the museum does
> exist. It's a
> substitute both for mail art and for museum art, and
> not a successful
> one. Neither the energy of mail art nor the
> seriousness of the museum
> survive the encounter.
>
> The best that can be hoped for from presenting mail
> art in the gallery
> is that the viewer can make an imaginative
> projection into the world of
> mail art. Or that the work has enough formal
> qualities or content to
> make its own small context, transcending both mail
> art and the museum.
>
> What cannot be hoped for is to bring the experience
> of mail art, its
> mode of consumption, its social relations, into the
> gallery. It is like
> trying to exhibit jellyfish on podiums under bright
> lights so people can
> see them better.
> +
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> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
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> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
worship. The experience of religious art is intimately
tied up with the many meta-experiences & practices
surrounding the act of worship.
This is not to say that religious art cannot be shown
in the museum. Like gourds and spears it can be
presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
Internet art is art that is made for the internet.The
experience of internet art is intimately tied up with
the experience of sitting at a computer which is
often used for more prosaic activities. The experience
of internet art is indissolubly connected with the
isolation of the user, sitting alone in front of a
monitor, often at night, sometimes drunk or mind
bogglingly tired. Tired, so tired. This is not to say
that internet art cannot be shown in the museum. Like
gourds and spears it can be presented in an
anthropological context. But like gourds and spears in
museum vitrines it has been removed from the world it
was created in and given a new context....
Art that was made in 1970 is art that was made in
1970.The experience of art that was made in 1970 is
intimately tied up with the experience of being in
1970. The experience of art that was made in 1970 is
only fully available if you were there. Man...you had
to have been there.
This is not to say that art that was made in 1970
cannot be shown in the museum. Like gourds and spears
it can be presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
Art made by women is art that is made in the context
of the skein of experiences & herstories that are
tied up with the biological make-up of women & also
the political & social consequences of the oppression
of women in class society.
It cannnot therefore be fully experienced by anyone
who does not have first hand subjective access to
these experiences.
This is not to say that art that is made by women
cannot be shown in the museum. Like gourds and spears
it can be presented in an anthropological context. But
like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has been
removed from the world it was created in and given a
new context....
michael
--- Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org> wrote:
> Mail art is art that is sent through the postal
> system. The experience
> of mail art, its mode of consumption, is of
> receiving aesthetic ephemera
> delivered with the rest of the mail.
>
> This is not to say that mail art cannot be shown in
> the museum. Like
> gourds and spears it can be presented in an
> anthropological context. But
> like gourds and spears in museum vitrines it has
> been removed from the
> world it was created in and given a new context.
>
> Mail art designed to be shown in the museum does
> exist. It's a
> substitute both for mail art and for museum art, and
> not a successful
> one. Neither the energy of mail art nor the
> seriousness of the museum
> survive the encounter.
>
> The best that can be hoped for from presenting mail
> art in the gallery
> is that the viewer can make an imaginative
> projection into the world of
> mail art. Or that the work has enough formal
> qualities or content to
> make its own small context, transcending both mail
> art and the museum.
>
> What cannot be hoped for is to bring the experience
> of mail art, its
> mode of consumption, its social relations, into the
> gallery. It is like
> trying to exhibit jellyfish on podiums under bright
> lights so people can
> see them better.
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
Re: Re: Re: rhiz's new
<sigh> -I guess I'll just *never* know...
michael
--- "M. River" <mriver102@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Rhiz's "net art or not" Round 1
> http://satellitejockey.net/
> t.whid wrote:
> > pass
>
> Ok. let's go to round 2. Hot off Rhiz's raw list
>
> http://www.somedancersandmusicians.
>
com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/07/26#post103
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
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> Membership Agreement available online at
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>
michael
--- "M. River" <mriver102@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Rhiz's "net art or not" Round 1
> http://satellitejockey.net/
> t.whid wrote:
> > pass
>
> Ok. let's go to round 2. Hot off Rhiz's raw list
>
> http://www.somedancersandmusicians.
>
com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi/2006/07/26#post103
>
>
> +
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>