some preliminary notes
* keep an eye on the "occupy" tents - i bet this will turn out the same way as "uni brennt!" in vienna (i do not know which way these people wear their blinkers but how can they tolerate being tolerated?!? i can almost hear the bobo crowd saying: "oh my, how cute! see, our daily dosage of non-conformism!")
* international university students, young, sweet folks, the hope of our societies: no idea about "landgrabbing", never heard of a west sahara conflict. WHY are these works chosen?
--> once you throw out (semi)information, you are also responsible for it. Susan Sontag (1965) quoting Harold Rosenberg: contemporary art is as much an act of criticism as it is an act of creation. freedom of creation is fine with me but in my opinion once you are into critique freedom comes with responsibility. i cannot see that with some of the works, maybe that's the problem i have with them.
* international university students, young, sweet folks, the hope of our societies: no idea about "landgrabbing", never heard of a west sahara conflict. WHY are these works chosen?
--> once you throw out (semi)information, you are also responsible for it. Susan Sontag (1965) quoting Harold Rosenberg: contemporary art is as much an act of criticism as it is an act of creation. freedom of creation is fine with me but in my opinion once you are into critique freedom comes with responsibility. i cannot see that with some of the works, maybe that's the problem i have with them.
morino - 29. Jun, 13:27
