For Mos, poMos and nonMos a critical environment puts the edge on things, as opposed to an environment of back slapping and mutual support.
VVork does make choices but it's provincial in the sense that it conveys the impression, through its sheer relentlessness, that anybody in the world can be a player as long as you're making "elegant sculptural installations crafted well from non-precious materials with interesting but tidy content and an unquestioning relationship to art institutions."
Getting seen on VVork is an alternative to "moving to New York" (which people still do, in large numbers, sorry) but everything starts looking the same because of the lack of criticality within the vehicle itself.
It's a blog, as you say, not the Global Museum of Great Art. Just because they are popular does not mean they are an institution that has a responsibility to anyone. As bloggers we are free to put in our two cents about their program and they are free to listen or not as they see fit.
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VVork does make choices but it's provincial in the sense that it conveys the impression, through its sheer relentlessness, that anybody in the world can be a player as long as you're making "elegant sculptural installations crafted well from non-precious materials with interesting but tidy content and an unquestioning relationship to art institutions."
Getting seen on VVork is an alternative to "moving to New York" (which people still do, in large numbers, sorry) but everything starts looking the same because of the lack of criticality within the vehicle itself.
It's a blog, as you say, not the Global Museum of Great Art. Just because they are popular does not mean they are an institution that has a responsibility to anyone. As bloggers we are free to put in our two cents about their program and they are free to listen or not as they see fit.
- tom moody 4-13-2007 8:46 pm