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Re: BORING ART... The End continues
forgiven
that said, i still think 80% of performance art sucks and 80% of wall art
sucks
and same can be said with most art, and music
and yes i think i have the experience to judge having rubbed shoulders
with a
few folks...if you want a list it would
include folks like daevid allen, srl, the residents, chris & cosey, john
cage,
lou harrison, illusion of safety, pink dots, and at least a hundred more.
and if you want to hear our bloody noise check the webhole; ubuibi.org
and on to other non-loop discussions........
Rick Walker/Loop.pooL wrote:
> Please forgive my earlier rant.
>
> I try religiously not to get into aesthetic arguments
> because after all, who the fuck is right, anyway?
>
> I was just feeling really sensitive about this stupid
> Iraq situation and acted really reactively to Das' post.
>
> Anyway, I'm in the give the artist the benefit of the doubt,
> 'there is no us and them, there's only us' school and, you know what?
> Most of the world doesn't agree with me and I'm not going to change them
>and
> they certainly aren't going to change me.
>
> I, like anyone on this list, have extremely strong likes and dislikes in
>art
> myself and, yes, of course, I didn't love or resonate with every
>performance
> at the Y2K2 LOOPFESTIVAL last year, but I really dug that everybody gave
>it
> their all..............everybody rooted for everybody else to
> succeed..............everybody worked hard to help each other on and off
>the
> stage............everybody, essentially, gave everybody the benefit of
>the
> doubt..........from the loop sophisticates to the loop newbies.
>
> I just would rather live in a world where people treated each other like
> that magical weekend, as imperfect as it was, musically, to some people.
> Call me naive. Decide that I"m just a mindless, undifferentiating,
>drooling
> hippy.......I don't care..........It's what I believe.
>
> This is my last post on the subject I promise.
>
> No hard feelings Das, I hope.
>
> yours, Rick Walker