Re: vandalism redux

[Gregory Taylor <gtaylor@xxxxxxxx>]

> Alexandra Hettergott responds to Jeremy Tolsma:
> >An aesthetic theory of vandalism.
> >Crime & Delinquency, 1978
> >Sic?  nothing is spelled wrong, the book was published in 1978.
> >got a problem?
> Well, that's it ..., don't you have the impression that you're running
> after something kind of deja-vu ...? (e.g., the art (of) actionism
> manifest in the 1960/70s Happenings/Performances).

My impression from having read this far is that Jeremy wouldn't
be positively disposed to the notion that he's constrained or imprisoned
by history. The abstract sounded a bit like some rehashing of Morse
Peckham's notions on chaos - maybe they cite him. But the really exciting
thing here is that we get some comfortable and juicy "others" who we
pleasurably deface with enthusiasm. This euphoria may fade at the point
when we're granted sufficient license and power to join the ranks of
"others," at which point we provide hours of endless fun and amusement
by rationalizing our own dismay at being defaced. I think that the various
isms of the postmodern are rife with folks who just don't want to give
up all that lovely self and self-indulgence and the status that Romanticism
granted art and the artist. I have no idea of whether any of you feel that
way, and less sure of me. It's really pretty tempting, when you consider
some of the alternatives. Who wants to hear people telling us that real
transgression is hard and difficult work? That's no fun.... :-)
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