[NewMusic] matmos lecture: the re-dematerialization of the art object

[Barry Threw]

Agreed.  They would be identical if I were serious.  But they would also 
be valid statements if I were serious. Simply for the purposes of this 
conversation we had to pretend that I was not me, and was an artist that 
had made those two pieces in all seriousness.  I don't find that idea 
outside the realm of possibility given some other examples of this kind 
of work.

Why is the typewriter example a more valid statement?

I guess my real question is:

What are the aesthetic criteria by which we can judge ideas?

b

Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
> Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
>> Barry wrote:
>>
>>> - No, you're the equivalent of someone playing the preset song on the Casio
>>> mini-keyboard I got for Christmas when I was 9.
>> And there are some people who would see that as a valid art statement.
>> ...  Some asshole goes up on stage, presses a button on a
>> casio, and looks very austere.  By sheer hubris and wordplay they
>> convince an audience that it is a worthwhile statement.
>>
>> - precisely my point.
> 
> I don't get it?  Are you agreeing with me?  That was unexpected
> 
> - I'm saying that your "I make conceptual art" gambit is the equivalent of
> the casio auteur.
> 
> sl
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