Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 19:11:07 -0500
From: "Richard C. Higgins" <dhiggins-AT-mhv.net>
Subject: Re: one



>>>>Rereading L. Moholy-Nagy's magnum opus, VISION IN MOTION (Chicago:
>>>>Theobald, 1947)...

>>
>First I am not interested in  a Mo- po/Mo dichtomy -- I think it is
>fictive.

Okay.

>as for the  Moholy Nagy-- I haven't  looked at in at least 20
>years.  I think that the  general discourse of constructivism ( this
>includes the productivist but not Suprematism) though holds up as it not
>only engages  new media but also seeks to maintain the relevency of
>existent ones.

Neither had I. However, it is specifically the text of this book which has
suddenly engaged my attention. It is about Moho's last work, and in it he
seems to be moving towards something beyond the constructivism with which
we associate him. I suggest you look into that book if you have access to
it.

>In this there is an element of the self-determinancy
>associated with the notion of the post-historical --  much constructivist
>work is only art because it can be interperted as such.

See what you think-I am curious.

Dick Higgins







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