Brad Troemel has started a fierce debate regarding the state of internet art at the blog bien-pensant. You can read my comment and some amazing responses by community members and participators from the recent show BYOB organized by Rafael Rozendaal.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
State of the Union
Brad Troemel has started a fierce debate regarding the state of internet art at the blog bien-pensant. You can read my comment and some amazing responses by community members and participators from the recent show BYOB organized by Rafael Rozendaal.
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Well, not all community members/participants.
ReplyDeleteWell, my comment on the Troemel thread appeared 12 hours after I posted it and 8 minutes after I complained on my blog that it had been suppressed. One wonders what other criticisms of Troemel are lingering in the moderation queue. Paddy Johnson had a good follow-up: "Troemel has produced an essay responding to the gallery system with very little experience within it and it shows. This garbage about the two tiered system is a ridiculous simplification of the motivations of artists and anyone who’s been out of art school for more than a minute knows it."
ReplyDeleteMinor corrections, my comment on the Troemel thread appeared 11.75 hours after I posted it and 6 minutes after I complained on my blog that it had been suppressed. (5 minutes to Wapner.)
ReplyDeleteI haven't looked since this morning but I'm not sure I'd characterize the thread as a "fierce debate." It looks like Troemel writing his usual naive word salad and then responding to favored commenters about minor points. You wrote a good reply but Troemel hasn't responded to you, probably because he doesn't know what you are talking about. And everyone else is saying "F U Brad."
ReplyDeleteTom: Fair enough, the response has been mostly anti-Troemel, but I wouldn't characterize it as one-sided. Actually, the responses have been questioning Troemel's points from from a lot of different angles. Shows you what a diverse community can do. :P
ReplyDeleteRight, but he doesn't respond to the substantive criticisms so it's not a real debate, just people trying to correct a troll. As I said your response was interesting but it pained me to see so much thought given to someone not interested in a real conversation.
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