[iDC] iDC Digest, Vol 34, Issue 30

[Lynn Hershman]

Dear Cynthia and Pamela,

Perhaps the answer resides with developing an innovative way to  
invent  with new tools using  underpinnings and structures of support  
without  requirements of a "finished" work.  This would incite a  
different kind of inquiry that may, in the end, be far more productive.

l
On Aug 25, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Pamela Jennings wrote:

> Cynthia,
>
> Thanks for your insightful post.  I do think that regardless how an  
> artist
> receives support for their work, they are being patronized -  
> whether it is
> an institution, a curator, foundation or federal agency.  The  
> question is
> what is the breadth of the vision of that patron
> institution.  I agree that current trends have leaned toward as you  
> state
> "a feeding frenzy centered on super-stars, and that many (not all)  
> prefer
> artists with work that is easy to explain, favoring one-trick work  
> over
> multi-faceted complexity."  This work is entertaining in its  
> aesthetics of
> the screen, but often lays tethered like a buoy in the waves of
> mediocrity. I long to see the development of a practice that is  
> just as
> celebrated by our institutions that celebrates the phenomenon of the
> technical tool with the vision of a purpose.
>
>
> Pamela
>
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> Pamela Jennings, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Art and HCII
> Carnegie Mellon University
> pamelaj at andrew.cmu.edu | http://studio416.cfa.cmu.edu
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