Comments for asymptote

Comment on Regards from Morton Feldman by Mons

Mons — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:43:37 +0000

Oh, i think it’s very nice article.

Comment on Justice in Hobbes’ Leviathan by Nietzsche

Nietzsche — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:47:27 +0000

I’m working on a case for a high school debate tournament, do you know any philosophers who say there is no such thing as justice?

Comment on Curtis White and Contemporary Art Discourse by tq

tq — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:45:38 +0000

S- Thanks for your comments. It’s terribly difficult to work your way through the concepts and language used to discuss and critique art today. The influence of art historians and critics coming out of graduate degree programs since the late ’60s, together with the influx of literary critics influenced by Lacan, Derrida, and others, have “thickened the plot” considerably.

One often repeats the lingo without understanding where it’s coming from (Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger, for starters) or what, if anything, it clarifies. This is a problem for faculty as well as students.

I think there’s been more acknowledgment of the problem in the last several years. But it will take time for its influence to be felt in art schools and art criticism generally.

In the end, we have to do what we can to speak clearly and thoughtfully about the things that matter to us, and encourage our colleagues to be accountable for what they say (and do). That’s part of what it means to “push each other to do our best work” — a responsibility artists have to one another.

Comment on Curtis White and Contemporary Art Discourse by S Brown

S Brown — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:01:49 +0000

Thank you, I only wish my professors would read and grasp the concepts you are so eloquently referring to. I am a 4th year BFA student who does not see how it is possible to utilize the vocabularies of art theory and criticism without a true understanding of the words and works they originate from. I experience it on a daily basis—students younger than me, using fanciful words only to boost their egos, attempting to impress those of us who choose not to casually throw words around without first grasping the intent and definition of them. If I ask my professor what something means, I get a funny look of… oh you poor dull student… but do I get an answer… of course not. What does this say about Contemporary Art Practice and Study? I feel I should run for the hills and forget University and do the readings on my own first.

Comment on Sounding Off by Forward Retreat

Forward Retreat — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:20:30 +0000

Nothing like a little pressure from someone else’s under-updated blog. Maybe we should begin training for a marathon while we’re at it…

welcome back, tq.

Comment on Cyborgs and Zombies in the Classroom by David

David — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:01:53 +0000

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Comment on Cyborgs and Zombies in the Classroom by Bex

Bex — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:17:57 +0000

I find it hard to believe that students are somehow becoming unable to slow down and absorb and share information at the traditional rate of an average lecture period, just because they text message. And, by the way, just because they are plugged into some gadget, doesn’t mean they can multi-task and often ignore what’s going on around them, much to the chagrin of their conversational partners, passersby, other drivers, etc. Furthermore, if they study, they will do just as well in their traditional classrooms that are free of the newest, latest electronic teaching tools. And, maybe, those technology-focused students might just want to take a reprieve from it all in the typical classroom.

Comment on Documentary or Non-Fiction Film: Thoughts on Truth and Visual Images by mohsen

mohsen — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:00:54 +0000

I am a Ph.D student and Im working about the same subject that you studied in this article.Can I ask you to introduce me some books in english that are written in this subject?or did you write any book in this field?

Comment on Disambiguate Before September Ends by Anna

Anna — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:50:32 +0000

You don’t have to call him an idiot.

Comment on Žižek: Part 2 by Karan Reshad

Karan Reshad — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:39:34 +0000

hi
I’m happy to find asymptote and already added your link on Iranian Art Hot spots on kolahstudio ,The first and matybe the last Real and live art news and events from Iran – Tehran in English