JA: The big difference is that we had worn down one of the great experiences of that century, which was modernism. Maybe the label "postmodern" is overrated and doesn't mean much anymore, but nevertheless modernism was available to be consumed. You could extract its side effects and replay them however you wanted. In the '80s you would do that consciously. You were dealing with the fact that things had been made before. The '60s in a festive way-and the '70s in a more moralistic way--were a time when everyone was trying to make signature pieces, perfect inventions. That was gone in the '80s. You were just doing your thing and using what was available, but you were still quoting the sources. The difference today, when suddenly the '80s seem so "period," is that although younger people are still lifting and recycling, they just don't care about the sources. They don't even know about the sources. So they have another kind of freedom. But suddenly, for the those who try and twist it-and that's few of them, I wou ld say--the '80s are as distant as the '60s and '70s.
this article was culled from that 80's show issue of artforum from march 2003. attempting to cobble together the meaning of neo-Geo, what it started as and what it became. i guess i should head over to the new museum east village show on the double.
Artist Talk with JOHN ARMLEDER
+ Launch of the Yellow Pages Book
+ Recent releases of Villa Magica Records
Friday January 14, 2005
Doors: 6:30 / Talk: 7:00 / rsvp to reserve entry: info@swissinstitute.net Yellow Pages Launch at Printed Matter: Saturday Jan 15 / 5 - 7 pm / 535 West 22nd Street
The S I's series of artist and curator talks aims to present the different approaches to the media of exhibition-making. From the seminal Harald Szeemann, through Nicholas Bourriaud and Matthew Higgs, these talks have shed light on different strategies of curating. With this in mind, the Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art is thrilled to host an Artist Talk with John Armleder, whose work as an artist takes him between roles of organizing and anti-organizing as artist, curator, teacher and editor.
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- bill 1-07-2005 4:01 pm
this article was culled from that 80's
showissue of artforum from march 2003. attempting to cobble together the meaning of neo-Geo, what it started as and what it became. i guess i should head over to the new museum east village show on the double.- bill 1-07-2005 5:29 pm [add a comment]
Artist Talk with JOHN ARMLEDER
+ Launch of the Yellow Pages Book
+ Recent releases of Villa Magica Records
Friday January 14, 2005
Doors: 6:30 / Talk: 7:00 / rsvp to reserve entry: info@swissinstitute.net Yellow Pages Launch at Printed Matter: Saturday Jan 15 / 5 - 7 pm / 535 West 22nd Street
The S I's series of artist and curator talks aims to present the different approaches to the media of exhibition-making. From the seminal Harald Szeemann, through Nicholas Bourriaud and Matthew Higgs, these talks have shed light on different strategies of curating. With this in mind, the Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art is thrilled to host an Artist Talk with John Armleder, whose work as an artist takes him between roles of organizing and anti-organizing as artist, curator, teacher and editor.
- bill 1-07-2005 10:10 pm [add a comment]