roachboy

i agree with art that art is what the producer says it is.

i don't particularly see consumer interaction as having the power to define what a piece is or is not. i don't see myself or anyone else owing a consumer any particular experience. i don't know where this idea comes from--well, i do---people confuse art with entertainment and they don't like to work real hard at being entertained.

but basically, for any piece "x" there are people find x accessible and people who don't. it's just like that, yes?


the way i personally think about it, art puts into place or motion (depending on the medium) the conditions that should enable the fashioning of any number of experiences. the artist's obligation is to make the elements clear and consistent as the constraints require.


speaking for myself and my own little things, i'm interested in how people interact with these environments (or don't).
but i'm not at all interested in telling you what it means.
what it is should be all on the surface (or in the machinery that makes a surface a surface).
the secret is there is no secret.
but shh.

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