“Is there an art that is dangerous? Yes. It is that art which upsets the conditions of life.”–Charles Baudelaire. What…
Using Viktor Shklovsky
[This post began as a response to some comments made by Douglas Storm on Amber’s most recent post.] The name…
This is the book I’m most looking forward to this year
And it’s a reprint, and I already own the original: It’s that good.
The Gary Wilson / John Cage / David Tudor Axis
I’ve long known that Gary Wilson was a freak (of the most beautiful variety). And I’ve long known about his…
An Interview with Yuriy Tarnawsky, Part 1
I first encountered Yuriy Tarnawsky‘s writing in 1998, when I stumbled across a copy of Three Blondes and Death (FC2,…
Why I Hate the Avant-Garde, part 2
Part 1 Re: Johannes’s comment on my recent post, I first saw people using “avant-garde” to refer to work made…
The Multifaceted Mike Batt
For the past few weeks, Mike Batt’s “Love Makes You Crazy” has been on constant repetition at my apartment: Like…
Art as Experience
In the comments section of my last post, Can Video Games Be Art?, I sketched out a definition of art…
Exploring John Cage’s 4’33”
On 29 August 1952, in Woodstock, NY, David Tudor gave the first public performance of John Cage’s “silent piece,” Tacet…
What Is Experimental Art?
One typically hears unusual art called three different things, often interchangeably: Innovative Avant-Garde Experimental But what do these three words…