Re: [New-Poetry] POL: Prevent the âArtisticâ Death of Another Innocent Animal

[Steve Moore]

I'm sorry if you misunderstood my point. I wasn't defending it as  
valuable art, I just think that people are reacting exactly as the  
artist was wanting. I agree that it is a sophmoric and unimaginitive  
exercise. It's more pathetic than criminal.

Steve Moore


On May 8, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Joseph Duemer <duemer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve, your facts do not coincide with the ones I discovered in my  
> research into this topic. The artist & gallery owner have issues a  
> series of contradictory & self-serving statements. The original  
> version of the story is, certainly, exaggerated, but that's not  
> really the point, is it? Do you really want to make excuses for such  
> a display?
>
> Sorry for posting the link a second time, but here is my take:
> http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/04/27/guillermo-vargas-habacuc/
>
> Also:
> http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/04/28/animals/
>
> The problem with Vargas' piece, though, is conceptual & ethical,  
> regardless of what happened to the dog. Literalizing metaphors is,  
> usually, a sophomoric exercise; in this case, a sophomoric stunt --  
> whatever its motives -- made an exhibition of suffering. Your post  
> appears to defend that exhibitionism. I find that troubling.
>
> jd
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Steve Moore <s.allen.moore at mac.com>  
> wrote:
> I encountered this some weeks back. After researching into it quite  
> extensively, this is what I discovered. The artist and the gallery  
> owner secretly fed and cared for the dog, which was a stray they  
> found, at night. The dog was actually well treated, other than  
> having to sit around a gallery all day (which would bore me to  
> death). Eventually, they released the dog, but claimed it had died.  
> The whole point of the exhibit was to show how passive and  
> emotionless art world consumers are. how art doesn't impact them on  
> a visceral level, it's just an elitist exercise. I think he proved  
> his point, but then got more than he bargained for when the story  
> showed up on the internets.
>
> -Steven Allen Moore
>
>
> -- 
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> Weblog: sharpsand.net
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