quoted 1 line What do you folks think?>What do you folks think?
I think, frankly, that you have just doomed the list to another week of
half-assed amateur art criticism, pointless bickering, namecalling,
irrelevant posts, and the inevitable return to the state of agreeing to
disagree, with lots of "IMHOs" thrown about. Wells will probably say
something witty, at least, and maybe Alex Reuterz, if he's even still
around.
The point you raise is mildly interesting but I'd rather see folks go off
and read some histories of conceptual art and not waste the list space on
it. When you say, "It seems to me that some in the genre are going much the
same way as modern art," it's so vague as to be entirely meaningless. Which
modern art(s)? Grounding the debate on such shaky foundations is a sure sign
that it will collapse into nothing but rhetorical rubble and puffery.
Read John Cage's "Silence," then talk about "emotion" vs "intelligence." Go
see one of Carsten Nicolai's installations. Perhaps interacting with music
on a level other than consumerism (buying CDs as entertainment product) will
open up a different space for you.
Cheers,
Philip