________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Brad, i had a similar thought different words while I washing my clothes on the roof of my Bangkok Apartment yesterday. A hot day. As I meditated with each cloth I thought: "I could do a performance piece about this on the street corner." Next thought: "Why as an artist am I commodifying my direct experiences", no more. Later, Mary Jo Walters > THE MUSEUM OF IDIOT-NET-ARTIST SHILLS > > The work of over 125 pandering online artist-victims will be presented > as part of: > > EAT-ME: An International Conference of Blabbering Incestuous Artworld > Acolytes at the Walker Art Center (April 6-8, 2000) > > <-- http://bbrace.laughingsquid.net/blabbering-cronies.html --> > > Cultural identity, in the deepest sense, is all about open, intrinsic > value. The institutionalized culture is never a means but always an > end. Cultural resources, rituals, and activities are valued in and of > themselves. They are not things that can be reduced to quantifiable > standards. > > Culture, then, exists in sharp contrast to the institutional sphere, > in which all phenomena is reduced to utility, and expropriation and > expediency become the accepted artworld norms. > > /:b ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 2000 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org