Tom Moody
Since 2002
Works in New York, New York United States of America

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Brush-off


MTAA:
Re: your "liking" artist smackdowns.
That's funny, when I discussed Cory Arcangel's Team show on my blog a while back one of you was very concerned about criticism destroying an artist's market.
I guess it depends on who is doing the smacking and who's getting smacked.

DISCUSSION

Let It Spin


Hi, Marisa,
Good summation of what Dubhap and other surf clubs do ("is chock-a-block with the fruits of inordinately long websurfing sessions: frayed gif mashups, hilarious if sometimes unnerving audio loops, shameless resizes calling for inconsistent page widths, ekphrastic word/image paradoxes, and very often beautiful collages of similar images (graffiti tags, gummi bears, umbrella hats... Google Image Searches are their friend)")
Am curious, though--Why did you never write this kind of formal exegesis about Nasty Nets, on Nasty Nets, as a member of Nasty Nets?
Or, put another way,
Why is it that everyone talks like an 18 year old in the comment sections of the surf club blogs?
Lots of surf clubbers aren't 18 and can write very well. There seems to be an unspoken convention that only "Dude" and "You rule" are appropriate language for comments.
It's OK to have the formal "one-way," print-style writing on Rhizome but it would be nice if it could be the beginning of an equally articulate conversation in comments (or passing between blogs) rather than just drive-by props.
Best, Tom

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The Rematerialization of Art


Making things happen is good. If you had a show with a non-self-referential theme--such as Patrick Lichty's "NeoPop Resurgence"--and mingled old media with new media work collectors would read the catalog or wall label and see "private collection" and get that new media art was being collected. You don't have to beat them over the head with it.

Or Yves' idea about software driving the material--I don't agree with it but it's a good show idea. Just include some people from the "regular" art world and you're in business. So to speak.


DISCUSSION

The Rematerialization of Art


You said Ed's show.
I wasn't fanning the flames, I was saying that "selling art" is a boring theme for a show.
I think we've all learned today that the show fanned its own flames. So I'm wrong, this is a fascinating topic. [/irony]

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The Rematerialization of Art


Patrick, this page still seems to be reposting comments when refreshed. I wasn't triple posting for emphasis, I swear. (Can you remove a couple of them?)