I don't think you missed anything. This conversation started with my "laundry list," but Robert is referring to things I've posted on the blog over a period of time. The crying foul part refers to a more strident early draft I wrote of my comment above. Sorry to go all Orwellian on y'all and soften it, but my first drafts aren't usually my best.
I'm not sure three people can even agree on a list of basic tenets of conceptual art, or a list of basic tenets of "net art," much less how to begin to compare them. I started with the physical and spatial aspects of both because my instincts *are* still those of a painter.
You're right that talking about Barnett Newman should have been pretty far down the list as far as evaluating Cory, but such considerations would be higher up the list in my case.
As far as the GIFs being context-dependent and whether they'd work on the side of a building in Omaha, I'd like to use my experience of hanging this exhibition, the back and forth thought process I went through with the gallery, as an "object lesson." I need a little time to write that narratve so it's of general interest and not merely self indulgent.
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I'm not sure three people can even agree on a list of basic tenets of conceptual art, or a list of basic tenets of "net art," much less how to begin to compare them. I started with the physical and spatial aspects of both because my instincts *are* still those of a painter.
You're right that talking about Barnett Newman should have been pretty far down the list as far as evaluating Cory, but such considerations would be higher up the list in my case.
As far as the GIFs being context-dependent and whether they'd work on the side of a building in Omaha, I'd like to use my experience of hanging this exhibition, the back and forth thought process I went through with the gallery, as an "object lesson." I need a little time to write that narratve so it's of general interest and not merely self indulgent.
- tom moody 6-13-2006 8:14 am