Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:52:25 -0500
From: Tom Coffin <tcoffin-AT-ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: posting at duchimp



The 'virtual' material is actually very ancient.
It is light!

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At 08:26 AM 1/24/99 -0800, Avi Rosen wrote:
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   >>i cannot bear the tactile nature of 250 gram hand laid rag paper
   >>my fingers caressing it and thinking of paris rag pickers
   >>i cannot confront the hundreds of hours of planning and drawing and
   >>etching
   >>the grinding of stone on stone - the vent of fumes
   >>i loath the idea of rushes and revisions on plates
   >>trying to dissuade the "artist" away from labor intensive revisions
   >>the shear effort of it                            
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   >this is very dificult situation for a  generation educated in a
   >traditional material culture, to switch from a
   >action in material world to a virtual one. its like worshiping a 'God'
   >with no aqppirance instad of a material idol.
   >Avi.
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   >Avi Rosen, Media Artist
   >EE Faculty,
   >Technion I.I.T.
   >Israel 32000.
   >Tel: +972-4-8294753 (work)
   >Tel: +972-4-8218081 (home)
   >Fax: +972-4-8323041
   >E-mail: avi-AT-savyon.technion.ac.il
   >http://www.technion.ac.il/~ravi/
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