From: konrad (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Oct 18 2005 - 14:14:51 PDT
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Freya wrote:
>
> It could be you are so far in advance that nobody can
> see you in the distance. :)
I believe that's called "out there."
> I guess if the idea of avant garde really does mean in
> opposition, then the idea of an alternative place to
> go, is also an idea of opposition in a way. By that I
> mean that people have an alternative place to engage
> with artwork and ideas in opposition to the main one,
> and it's very existance is a matter of opposition,
> because you have an alternative space, so you do not
> have to engage in the main space.
Again i think you are talking about shelter, not engagement,
which is my sense of what the original term meant. It's totally
ok, even necessary, to 'do your own thing' i'm not against that
at all, not against play (or even "serious play") as a source of
strength and creativity. I just think it's confusing to use the
term 'avant garde' to refer to that.
konrad
^Z
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