Re: video art, Viola etc.

From: Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Sep 05 2005 - 18:26:13 PDT


At 7:42 PM -0500 9/5/05, Fred Camper wrote:
>Matt Teichman wrote:
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>>Fred: maybe this is a bit of a redundant question, but I wonder
>>what you think of Bill Viola's work? _
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>I like some of it mildly. That little "great art" lighbulb has not
>yet gone off for me. Maybe it will in some later Viola show.

I feel the same way about it.

I'd also categorize it more as video sculpture than as video art.

Of course, there could be a little jealousy in here, since one can't
do his sort of work at all without major funding from somewhere.

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>Fred Camper
>Chiacgo
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