Comments for Ben Jones http://ben-jones.org.uk Artist, curator and writer Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:06:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Belated notes from CRUMB’S conference ‘Commissioning and Collecting Variable Media’ by elizabethkane http://ben-jones.org.uk/2010/04/28/belated-notes-from-crumbs-conference-commissioning-and-collecting-variable-media/#comment-175 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:06:26 +0000 http://ben-jones.org.uk/?p=576#comment-175 Lots of points to think about Ben particularly about technology becoming defunct (as in the incandescent bulbs) it would undoubtedly change the meaning and feel of a piece to change such a key component in a sculpture. I think the physical and formal elements of works such as Flavin’s demand the original… I guess a curator has the right to investigate possibilities but that these investigations might become essentially their own work if not undertaken alongside the artist (which is impossible in some instances).

The notion of nostalgia and new media is interesting and inescapable. I’d be inclined to think that if something was made a particular way by an artist they’d want that piece to be shown in that manner (I guess that’s easy for me to say as someone who makes art that is stand alone and removed from technology). Yes this will ‘date’ something but it would also contextualise the idea behind the work and its realisation. Mmm I think there is a B:Read on some of these issues that I recall being very interesting.

Smashing blog would love to hear your standpoint.

Elizabeth Kane
http://www.ElizabethKane.wordpress.com

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