Johannes’s comment here reminded me of something I was mulling over this morning. Often one comes to a work of art backwards, tracing out lineages in reverse chronological order. In particular, one often approaches older works through the more contemporary, popular artworks they inspired. For example, when I was in high school, I saw certain [...]
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Living Art Backwards
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Jones, Brothers Quay, Bruno Shulz, Hymnen, Jan Svankmajer, John Lennon, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Revolution No. 9, tool, Victor Hugo, Yoko Ono on December 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Video Two Ways.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ballet Mécanique, Mechanical Turk, poetry, Roderick Coover, speakertext, The Theory of Time Here, tool, video, Video Data Bank on January 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
1. It’s been over a year since I first saw Roderick Coover’s video The Theory of Time Here (there’s a teeny video preview available; click the teeny blinking camcorder icon), created in collaboration with writer Deb Unferth. I still can’t get it out of my head. Footage of London traffic and passersby plays harmony to [...]