[Nettime-bold] Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Multiples Show in S.F.

["girl@futureunknown.com" <girl@futureunknown.com>]

Title: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Multiples Show in S.F.

Dear Max,

The direction of the exhibition is actually to show, among other things, that Michael Daines' work does not reflect all the values espoused by the Fluxus movement and yet it has been unconsciously  (or consciously) influenced by them. Daines' piece is performative in nature and is characterized by the ease of mass dissemination in its digital form, however, it is also about capitalism. 

Multiple Personalities attempts to trace the trajectory of a particular art form, the multiple. Daines' piece fits in the exhibition quite well because it comes after Fluxus, Maciunas and Warhol and could not come before. 

And to comment on an earlier message, the Warhol selected for the show is the Campbell's Soup Can screenprinted in fluorescent colors on a shopping bag. Again, a dual commentary on materialism of American culture and a flat out dismissal of objectification. 

Amy Davila
Curator of Multiple Personalities
Haines Gallery 


on 11/28/01 11:50 PM, Nmherman@AOL.COM at Nmherman@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 11/28/2001 6:06:25 PM Central Standard Time, Michael@Mandiberg.com writes:
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> > For Fluxus artists, multiples were not only economical and
> > easy to distribute, but they were the best art form to present the ongoing
> > developments of the artists' ideas. Pop artists utilized mass-produced
> > objects as a commentary on consumerism, and by the latter half of the
> > decade, multiples became associated with the democratization of art.
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> Is Michael Daines' work "fluxist"?  I have nothing against MD but it doesn't seem to me to be that fluxist.  MD, are you onlist?  How do you situate your work vis-a-vis Fluxus, Maciunas, or even Warhol for that matter?  Not to mention the "democratization" that the intro essay says multiples give (sorry if that's not you Mandiberg who actually wrote it, no negativity either way)?
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> Don't say you won't comment just because of the show.  
>
> Say it ain't so,
>
> Max Herman
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> ++