From the Not Quite Book notes. Click here for an explanation…
Traditionalists will hate me but I am less and less convinced that artforms are a particularly useful way to slice up the way that cultures are talked about or resourced in the world.
The qualities that interest me are far more about the resonance of cultures, [...]
forms v. audiences
August 4th, 2008 6 Comments
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The Art Word
July 31st, 2008 3 Comments
From the Not Quite Book notes. Click here for an explanation…
I have a problem with the word “Art.”
I duck the question of what is and isn’t Art. I’ve resorted to all the flippant throw away clichés: that like pornography “I know it when I see it”; that “I don’t know what it is but [...]
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Not Quite Book Notes
July 31st, 2008 4 Comments
I am stuck in Singapore for a few days. There is nothing quite like being bored and away from the constant series of distractions that pepper my life to focus the mind a little. I’ve decided to spend at least some of this time productively by digging through some old notes I’ve compiled and posting [...]
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