Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:39:14 -0600 (CST) From: jelly-AT-mail.utexas.edu (Jessica and Sterlings Mail) Subject: Re: Transnacionala review >>Now if the artist could only think of the revolution in history... >> >>The funny part is I agree with you; "political" artists nauseate me- > >I think I know what you mean by "political" artists I think we're on similar wavelengths, too >But I don't think that because art might have a political perfume about it >makes it bad. I don't know that I could ever use that broad of a criteria either, but I think that art that is political and considers itself utilitarian is not HONEST WITH THEMSELVES (perhaps should have said that to begin with) >And of course, in the sense we are using it, "political" >usually means "left". How did that happen in this culture? I find that an >interesting question. > >Millie Neon In relation to the activities of activists, yes, with the exception of lots of pro-lifers most political activism is probably left of center. How; well, regardless of how much the family-values-traditional-upbringing(pro-50s-TV-imaginary-world-that-just-tw eren't-there), well, this country was founded by religious ZEALOTS. Puritans. Their work ethic is still with us, the family unit they brought is still with us (though, as Marx predicted- with the continual specializaiton of machines- more and more people are forced to have a career, which means family second; we should leave this alone, though if anyone is interested, a friend and I have a great thread going on the foundations of patriarchy, across the board, across the board),and, of course, the right to rule of the elite land-owning white male is still with us (anyone who beleives this is a democracy where we actually, truly have a choice of who runs, needs to take a close look; realistically, power is secure in the hands of the families it came over with, or their pet o' the month; again, uh hole-uther cannawurms). The point (somewhere in there) was that most activism attempts to dethrone the pharoah. And even beyond that, anything that is "non-status-quo", is, by definition, "left". --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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