The Raving Artist Wife of the Ranting Economist: momentous

Monday, September 5, 2011

gibberish quote of the day

ART AS RESEARCH, RESEARCH AS ART: This is a powerful new force in contemporary culture, its development partly driven by a momentous shift in art education, where scholarly methodologies and knowledge production are increasingly emphasized.
Roelstraete, Dieter. Forest for the Trees. Artforum September 2011: 322-327

Notice the use of the word "momentous". Seriously, nothing about art education can possibly be seen as momentous at this moment in history. Of course, I might be proven very wrong in the future; but I think the Arab Spring, the turmoil with the European Union, the possible dissolution of the Euro, and the laying of the ground for a prolonged period of American stagnation might prove to be a little more "momentous". Moreover, any art driven by shifts in "art education" should be viewed with extreme suspicion.

...not to mention that this is by no means a new trend- I've been reading and seeing "art as research" (which all too often looks like bad art and in no way resembles good research) for years now; maybe art educators just picked up on it...

one more voice in the wilderness

"Raving Artist" might be a misleading title. Yes I usually rave, and yes, I am more of an artist than not, depending on the definition of the word. But most of the stuff I write here is not about art. In the end, this is just one more blog about nothing in particular by nobody in particular. I write because I like to do it; or more specifically, because "vira e mexe" ("every now and then", but more like "every now") something tweaks me and compels me to do it. I find that this is as good a place as any in which to dump my thoughts; and moreover, I am always pleasantly surprised when someone actually reads it. ...That being said, I do feel guilty about the ridiculously enormous amounts of energy it takes to run the servers that power our contemporary living.... oh well, outasite outamind...