Hi, Sally, I touched on your point later in the thread about merely retinal painters suddenly becoming guardians of the tactical tactile [jeez] when faced with widespread optical culture. (Someone had a comment about Satanic messages from playing Greenberg backwards that could be tied in with this better.) As for technology vs idea, yes, the distinction was necessary on the AFC thread. I said that Sillman's show mostly turned its back on cyber-everything-culture and commenter Jesse was making a misguided attempt to defend me by saying that I was following up on issues Sillman raised herself. I don't think she did because her lightbulb is a pretty lowtech symbol at this point and a flashlight bulb even lower. It was a weak Guston reference and kind of Krazy Kat evocation of "philosophy," not a lead-in to discussing the internet and cybernetics in home and workplace. (Bill's Guston lightbulb find is so beautiful it makes me cry that anyone is even discussing Sillman.)
- tom moody 5-05-2010 4:03 pm





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