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[Auriea]

On 2005/09/12, at 15:34, integer at www.god-emil.dk wrote:

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> auriea
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> why defensive.

it's not even that. it's more like, rather than laugh at people i would 
prefer to show something.

>  i was not refering to your works

yeah but watch out! your statements always include are great many more 
than you think.


> (maybe we are returning to nn times
> when many had thought i was speaking about them)
you are phobic! i already told you, you are much more real to me this 
way.

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> if you wish, we can talk about your works.

if this means i am to be called a MOTHERFUCKER, no thanks. or don't you 
call your friends MOTHERFUCKER?

> let me know if i should put aside the fact that you are a friend

now who is being defensive ;P

> (that offers more freedom of truth which some consider highly valuable

you cannot be a friend and be truthful at the same time? what, you have 
two speeds: MOTHERFUCKER and simply.superior?


nono, it's okay, continue the conversation, didn't mean to interrupt, 
i've nothing much to add && it was getting good... I especially liked 
the part --
>> i remember 97, 98, 99...
>> the nyet.art scene was much smaller... vital...
>> everything was new.  the charge of discovery.  exploration.
>> the rules were ours to make & destroy  -  plastic.  malleable.


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>> now, things are much more rigid. systematic. institutionalized.
>> moderated.
>> much more populated & yet more diffuse. less connection amongst 
>> people.
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>> the work -  so much cynical, self-referential crap.
>> most work thrives on novelty or needless complexity. the meme of the
>> moment.
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> exactly ... but there are a few which are timeless
> am not suggesting their creators live full lives
> i wish they would be more honest and place those comments in their 
> projects
> eg. blabla destroyed my health. blabla made my hair fall out. blabla 
> destroyed my marriage.
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> the stuff one hears privately is amazing.
> but nary a word on the projekt page.
> which makes it appear very simply.superior + utopian.

I think that many artists are afraid to tell the truth about their 
lives, thinking it is irrelevant, esoteric, private. little do they 
know that everybody loves a good story much more than they like a GPS 
unit tied onto a duck to make drawings.


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> Auriea.