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Speaking generally, the crit of Cory being derivative doesn't really hold up IMHO. I'm generally hostile to the idea of originality anyway, it's highly overrated (see MTAA's updates series).
There are lots of ideas just floating about and people will use them. It's highly likely and most probable that Cory wasn't aware of Read's piece until now.
If we are going to cut out everything other than the physical act of 'burning in' as being the only aspect of these works worth talking about, then the discussion is going to be pretty thin.
Other than the burn in, these pieces are completely different. IMHO, one is much more successful because it mashes together a couple different things: the contemporary consumer ostentation that these TVs currently represent with the historical ostentation that art collecting represents. It's a small gesture, not his best piece, but exhibits his humor and wit very well.
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Speaking generally, the crit of Cory being derivative doesn't really hold up IMHO. I'm generally hostile to the idea of originality anyway, it's highly overrated (see MTAA's updates series).
There are lots of ideas just floating about and people will use them. It's highly likely and most probable that Cory wasn't aware of Read's piece until now.
If we are going to cut out everything other than the physical act of 'burning in' as being the only aspect of these works worth talking about, then the discussion is going to be pretty thin.
Other than the burn in, these pieces are completely different. IMHO, one is much more successful because it mashes together a couple different things: the contemporary consumer ostentation that these TVs currently represent with the historical ostentation that art collecting represents. It's a small gesture, not his best piece, but exhibits his humor and wit very well.
- twhid 3-29-2007 6:22 pm