- Tom Moody’s got a lot of great posts on his blog right now, including a sympathy letter to artists who made Hissbitch’s Five Worst Net Artists list, and some griping over the meet-up event titled, “Social Media, Art, and The Like Economy”. Moody points to Ryder Ripps Zillion Hits vs The Darger Economy as a better way to frame the discussion. He’s right, of course, though waiting til you’re dead for fame doesn’t leave much to talk about on a panel like this. That said, Marina Galperina expressed an interest in viral content driven by conflict, so perhaps this panel would have benefited from hosting at least one person who doesn’t give a shit about likes. [Tom Moody]
- Speaking of The Like Economy, this NYTimes Bits blog post about how Facebook may actually be suppressing likes you don’t pay for is frightening. [NYTimes]
- Carolina Miranda’s post on Richard Jackson will be made into a TV show if she can get enough votes. This is what journalism 2.0 looks like. (Vote for her). [kcet]
- Blast from the past: 8 months ago Edward Winkleman posted an excerpt from a newsletter by collector Alain Servais about what he calls “very bankable artists” VBA and the necessity for galleries to “grow or go”. Very prescient. [Edward Winkleman]
- Related, in that same post, a number of commentors speculate on the meaning of a tweet I sent out back in August that read, “Art could do without the art world”. To be clear, I was simply referring to the ridiculous apparatus that holds this economy together, which includes a world of bullshit press releases and art lingo, skeevy dealers and curators, and a press corps that eats all this nonsense up. We all have days where we can include ourselves on that list, but hopefully, not too many. [Edward Winkleman]
- Art Critic and monochrome expert Thomas McEvilley has died. Jerry Saltz writes a beautiful obit. [Vulture]
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Hey Paddy, the C.R.E.A.M. exhibition and AMP platform that I presented on the panel were both about moving away from the “like” button and encouraging viewers to associate monetary values with art appreciation. It wouldn’t have made much sense to include a panelist who “didn’t give a shit” about social capital–since that was the idea behind the talk–but we certainly tried to bring in some criticality.
True, true. Overall, I thought the panel was a little light on criticality, but when you have four people separately presenting for such a short period of time that’s probably inevitable. Everyone presented well imo, but there really wasn’t the time to deeply delve into the issues. And, of course, the FAT Lab project isn’t really that deep to begin with.
Lindsay, Paddy said I didn’t care about likes, which is true. “Favs,” on other hand… just kidding. You asked me recently why I’m not on more panels and the answer is — your definitions of art and even social capital are so narrow! A commentless blog is the same as Henry Darger to you.
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