ART IS COMMUNICATION Panel Discussion

[maeiraldi]

pfffffffffffff

[Bureyeanne]

Klaus is such a paranoid freak at 2:29 That must have been daunting to have had a hidden camera when someone else gets caught. Also two of the discussion panelists look right at the camera when they say no cameras aloud.

[xboxlivequimbygod]

boaring

[seintzeit]

camera phobia.

[jameslour]

How are Bush and Cheney like art dealers, critics, and curators?

They both are so so sure of themselves.

[Bureyeanne]

Some of the most arrogant people I've ever met are in the art world.

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

Propaganda is often the absence of art. Say forbidding the photographing of flag draped coffins as the arrive at Dover. The forbidding of sound recording or images at a government's closed meeting with oil industry executives. There are signs and symbols everywhere. To quote Henry Miller - the artists' mission is to wake up the dead. Thanks James for being bold. Best

[LawrenceCharlesMille]

p.s. I think Klaus did not want to be seen at the Art Directors Club. for secret reasons

[huperill]

oooo, coooooooooooooooogl.

[plocqa17]

There is an interesting youtube/blog from mycluein which toys with some of the ideas thrown out there by the group...it is smartly and creatively put together. There is a connection to the artists potential as cultural communicators and the "stunts" put together by the media to manipulate...a lot about the "medium being the message" or possibly more appropriatly the "massage." Nice undercover work...thx, Kalm!

[jameslour]

Anne Pasternak, "I don't believe there's any subject an artist shouldn't be touching upon at all. I think artists should kick open every door imaginable."

Except Klaus' door.

[spawndawnacl]

I can easily imagine Klaus has as many problems with the paparazzi as say Madonna, Lohan, Spears, and Hilton combined. I did like Lauren's red dress. Demigods on stilts. With or without this group, I assume we would retain our need to create. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Was it Kate with the flash? -- thanks Kate!

[RonSchira]

They barely touched on anything, but I did like the blog/video reference and the need to document on the web. It may not be necessary to criticise, however, to document, such as you and I are doing is important as a record of the actual scene as it transpires, not a re-translation spoonfeed of the event as seen through the eyes of another but the artwork itself. Allow the viewer to ascertain their own interpretations. James (Bond) Kalm, double-O art strikes again.

[jameskalm]

Ron,

You posit some interesting points. Ironically many of the issues they were discussing are being addressed by the act of recording the video, thanks JK

[cpkelley]

Wow, he left. Wierd. The "Yes Men" documentary is amazing...Ms. Cornell mentioned them.

[RonSchira]

Yep, he pouted and left, a person of his esteem with childish behavior, he could have contributed a great deal to the discussion but no, he weaseled, probably didn't want to be there in the first place and took that as his cue to exit.