[iDC] iDC Digest, Vol 34, Issue 30
Lynn Hershman
lynn2 at well.com
Sun Aug 26 01:39:06 UTC 2007
Dear Cynthia and Pamela,
Perhaps the answer resides with developing an innovative way to
invent with new tools using underpinnings and structures of support
without requirements of a "finished" work. This would incite a
different kind of inquiry that may, in the end, be far more productive.
l
On Aug 25, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Pamela Jennings wrote:
> Cynthia,
>
> Thanks for your insightful post. I do think that regardless how an
> artist
> receives support for their work, they are being patronized -
> whether it is
> an institution, a curator, foundation or federal agency. The
> question is
> what is the breadth of the vision of that patron
> institution. I agree that current trends have leaned toward as you
> state
> "a feeding frenzy centered on super-stars, and that many (not all)
> prefer
> artists with work that is easy to explain, favoring one-trick work
> over
> multi-faceted complexity." This work is entertaining in its
> aesthetics of
> the screen, but often lays tethered like a buoy in the waves of
> mediocrity. I long to see the development of a practice that is
> just as
> celebrated by our institutions that celebrates the phenomenon of the
> technical tool with the vision of a purpose.
>
>
> Pamela
>
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> Pamela Jennings, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Art and HCII
> Carnegie Mellon University
> pamelaj at andrew.cmu.edu | http://studio416.cfa.cmu.edu
>
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