February 2012
73 posts
The best artists don’t give you what you want right away. They get under your skin and ask you to learn something about yourself first (c) Juliana Balestin
1. Don’t think you’re anything special
2. Don’t think you’re as much as us
3. Don’t think you’re wiser than us
4. Don’t convince yourself that you’re better than us
5. Don’t think you know more than us
6. Don’t think you are more than us
7. Don’t think you are good at anything
8. Don’t laugh at us
9. Don’t think anyone cares about you
10. Don’t think you can teach us...
Et ayant senti finir de s’évaporer en moi le fondant regret de n’être pas moi-même un des flocons danseurs de neige seulement pour être un flocon capable de danser en jouissant de la souffrance de fondre (c) Jean-Marc Lovay, Chute d’un bourdon
‘Virtual’ does not mean ‘digital’ or ‘Internet-based’, and it certainly does not mean ‘non-real’; Rather, the term ‘virtual’ describes visual objects that are located in virtual space, as opposed to being located in physical space or in someone’s mental space. Therefore, most of the so-called ‘virtual galleries’ are actually not virtual at all – they are simply online galleries (furthermore, we...
Mies always quoted Saint Augustine stating that “beauty is the mirror of truth”, but Mies lied. He always lied in his construction details, which were always covered up with some other, more scenographic materials. This is the contradiction that interests me the most in his work. Mies had an all-glass apartment in Lake Shore Drive, which he never moved into. He always lived inside...
Vous pouvez dire ce que vous voulez, c’est toujours émouvant de voir la ville (c) Un été avec Monika par Igmar Bergman, 1952
I’ve always had this dream to make artwork which I would not recognize (c) John Armleder
I chose to become an artist because I wanted to be a failure. When I was young, if you wanted to really ostracize yourself from society, you became an artist (c) Mike Kelley for Interview Magazine, 2009 via fette