Digital BW, The Print

> But make sure you continue to play by the Rules of good sparring...
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> Regards and appreciation to both of you.
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> Steadman
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I suppose I should come clean really. I think one of prejudices against
concept art is that I used to do it. At one time I was heavily into John
Cage. I wrote 'instruction' pieces for musicians, got grants to do it too,
aleatoric pieces, graphic score pieces. And then I just stopped one day. I'd
lost the abilty to construct harmonies, I had no craftmanship. I was doing
what I was doing because I couldn't do anything else. I also felt that
whilst it was 'clever' it had no substance. I think there is always a place
for things that challenge the concept of 'what is art' and push people's
understanding and boundaries, otherwise we get 'stuck' ( a photographer
recently articulated this as 'if I have to look at yet another photo of ...
(insert your own over- exposure topic here)'). But I think that the high art
establishment is itself getting stuck.

Julian - we should be having this discussion on the arts lists!