Re: Stockhausen and 9-11 Art

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Here is a more detailed opinion of his statement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen#September_11.2C_2001_terrorist_attack_statement_controversy


--- john floridis <john@johnfloridis.com> wrote:


> 
> On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:48 PM, samba - wrote:
> 
>   World trade towers and Pentagon are symbols of
> power and dominance,  
> attacking symbols is itself symbolic,hence art.
> 
> I find the over intellectualization of a hideous,
> purposeful act of  
> violence...intended to harm people who could not
> possibly defend  
> themselves, who could not possibly know it was
> coming and get out of  
> the way.....masterminded by a sociopath who
> obviously enjoyed said  
> violence and harm.......all in a twisted vision of
> the Islamic  
> faith...... to be nothing short of vile and frankly
> sociopathic in and  
> of itself.
> 
> And 'Oh by the way'....the attack on "symbols"
> included hundred of  
> people who just happened to get on the planes.
> 
> I suggest there is something terribly inhuman when
> being an artist or  
> evaluating or critiquing whether something like acts
> of violence and  
> terrorism are art supersedes compassion for fellow
> human beings.
> 
> Email is a cold medium, with lots of intention and
> meaning lost, but  
> so are some of these posts cold and heartless. 
> Though I enjoy  
> intellectual discussion and debate as much as
> anyone, perhaps it might  
> be better to have another list for this kind of
> discussion.
> 
> John
> 
> 


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