6.26.11 Blick 9

When I was in school, many of the professors stressed the importance of play. I vaguely understood what they were getting at but always felt like playing was undercutting the importance of stressing ideas. Now out of school for a fair amount of time and more aware of the professional art world, I understand why they pushed so hard for process over product. Sometimes ideas just aren't as fun or interesting as just playing with your tools and seeing where that takes you. That said, good process does not always lead to good product. Enter Blick 9. If I wasn't married to posting weekly, this would never see the light of day. I wasn't even sure if I should try to whip something up last minute the other day instead so that I wouldn't have to post this. But then I read something, that although seeming not connected, made me feel ok about calling this video what it is.

It's an excerpt of an excerpt (really? can you do that?)
It's an excerpt from 13 Years of Goodluck, which uses this excerpt from Notes from Underground by Stephen Duncombe

"The World of self-publishing on the Internet is not an alternative culture. There is no cultural price of admission into the digital realm, there are no arcane rituals to master or rules to follow (or even debate). The result is a multiplicity of voices and values. There is nothing wrong with this; indeed there is a lot that is good. But this diversity does not constitute a community, and as such, there are no coherent community values. This doesn't mean that there aren't any values express, but it does mean that in the absence of a set of counter-norms, the values articulated or manifested on the way can often conform to those of the dominant arbiters of cultural value: the marketplace and the cultural establishment. As such, blogs become calling cards for aspiring mainstream writers, Facebook and Myspace pages become advertisements for one's own celebrity, and so on."

If I could convey an idea like a professional, would I really want to?

Blick 9 from Hettie Kauffman on Vimeo.