The distribution of taste is actually distribution of an impression of that intricacy forged through seeing one another. which means the alienated adoption of taste is swallowing up a series of husks of intimacies—maybe it’s still possible to play with it,
But the harping on and promotion of an immediate shared canon is fetish culture, it is not taste, it is not playful, it is not anything other than power struggle
@babyveej1 But also going back to 40 pgs humanities maybe the point is that it’s sophomoric: neither serious enough research nor loose enough to be the subject, always a secondary, tertiary, quaternary source. Of course you’re right, too, I’m probably just thinking of one throughline
When will the theory intensive art programs come to term with the fact that they just don’t seem to produce very good art. Is it so much to ask for language at a resolution comparable to that of art and not the opposite
@babyveej1 I’m thinking of some grad programs. A range of ideological orientations across them, not one specific thing in mind though yes, those two seem to hinder some great artists
When will the theory intensive art programs come to term with the fact that they just don’t seem to produce very good art. Is it so much to ask for language at a resolution comparable to that of art and not the opposite
at some point the nyc nativists have to pass judgment on the tribeca born-and-raised billionaire offspring vs the transsexual that moved from Maryland that is preparing their food. the people need to know Who Is a New Yorker
The fact that the major streaming platforms never realize they could just add label as a way to sort blows my mind, although this framework seems built into the very structure of early metadata’s design
The form of “music discovery” I always see people neglecting is the good old fashioned comprehensive label deep dive which is weird because it’s also literally the best and easiest way to level up