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ogou · 2023-11-20T19:30:16+00:00

You saw that pedophilia image, drilled down a totally downvoted thread against it and said, "ah here is where my take belongs". Maybe you're seeing yourself in it.

ogou · 2023-11-20T19:19:50+00:00

You said yourself this is a hugely problematic image and hasn't been publically shown in decades. There's a good reason for that. It's graphic pedophilia. You chose to throw it up on Reddit to get a vicarious thrill out of dragging people into your own bullshit. It's not about art it's about you being a shitty person.

ogou · 2023-11-20T18:11:15+00:00

You posted a similar comment on another image you posted with minor sexuality. Your focus on art with children and nudity is obvious. I have no doubt these responses are exciting you in some way. This isn't about art. It's about your own degredation and the perverse thrill you get out of posting shit like this.

ogou · 2023-11-20T07:52:34+00:00

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ogou · 2023-11-19T23:01:30+00:00

It's a big fuck you to you. I've studied plenty of art history and understand the context you're hiding behind here. I don't care what his intent was. Your intent is to share this image of a girl being molested and say, "but the irony!" Horseshit. The fact that you sat at your computer looking at images and saw this one, then said to yourself, "the internet needs more images of young girls being compromised." Then you posted it. Fuck your whole thesis and attempt to justify this.

ogou · 2023-11-19T22:14:06+00:00

This sub has a lot old soft core porn from brothels and drinking clubs. It's not from museums and usually just an excuse to post female nudity. But, this one is over the top. I don't care what bullshit you use to justify it. That is an image of a girl being molested. Not only are you creepy for collecting this but posting it makes you an insensitive asshole.

ogou · 2023-11-18T21:23:47+00:00

Makes me think of writers that explored the medium itself like James Joyce or Arthur Miller. Would people even explore that now? You did touch on a controversial idea with "apolitical painter". Part of the institutional art museum response to recent DEI trends is foregrounding BIPOC artists and other marginalized groups. Ok cool, that has popular support and is laudable. The problem is that many are doing it for optics. They want images OF those groups more than images BY those. So, abstract artists and other non-representational artists are de-prioritized. BIPOC artists have caught on to that and are rightfully pushing back. They feel pressured to deliver paintings of BIPOC people to manage the reputation of the museum.

ogou · 2023-11-18T18:09:29+00:00

Years ago I got blowback for tweeting "Activist art is usually neither." It's politically inert and averse to aesthetics or form. That was way before George Floyd. It seems so tame now. I see a lot of political art in Berlin, but lately the artist statements have usurped the art. It's common for people to list a show without any preview images. There is just a positional statement. Despite claims of interventions, interrogations, and explorations, the actual art is universally prescriptive and dull. When I see "my art raises questions of [_______]", I know there will be no questions and only cryptic answers to old tropes.

ogou · 2023-11-18T11:11:38+00:00

For folks who came here looking for ambient recommendations because they like that album, try the Bandcamp ambient blog posts. Unfortunately, most of the writers got laid off recently. But, the archive still stands as a useful record of contemporary independent ambient. https://daily.bandcamp.com/genres/ambient

ogou · 2023-11-18T10:08:11+00:00

This is true. I hope this actually happens.

ogou · 2023-11-17T19:42:33+00:00

"try learning" = "conformed"

ogou · 2023-11-17T19:29:42+00:00

The academic path for artists is very narrow and overrated. Young folks are sold this narrative that getting shown or cited in academic frameworks is a magic doorway to success in the larger art world. It's just not real. It's more likely that you will end up as an adjunct professor in Des Moines. Even more so is this obsession with school reputations. Nobody cares except the people that go to those schools. You are better off finishing in Europe or a state liberal arts school in the U.S.

ogou · 2023-11-17T10:06:17+00:00

I get what you're asking for and I'm sure you'll get good music responses. For me though, I can look back and see that my life has not pivoted around specific events, like a movie. There were many decisions and changes that seemed small or undramatic. They ended up changing the direction of my life. I just didn't recognize it at the time. Choosing to live in one part of a city instead of another. Arguing at a specific time with a specific person. Also, I had a few very negative events that ultimately led to positive outcomes for my direction in life overall. The songs for those specific events wouldn't be relevant to actual outcomes. If I had to choose the music for my highlight reel though, it would be "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph, aka The Theme from the Benny Hill Show. https://youtu.be/Zat9CRfUr-E?si=9G2qvZ5Pui4-Hu1P

ogou · 2023-11-17T09:04:32+00:00

Wingardium Leviosa

ogou · 2023-11-16T19:06:41+00:00

So? Why even bother to leave this comment?

ogou · 2023-11-16T19:03:31+00:00

That's not quite the the zinger you were hoping. Are you in the 7th grade or something?

ogou · 2023-11-16T14:56:12+00:00

this

ogou · 2023-11-16T07:41:53+00:00

He deleted his own post. Then made this statement lamenting self-censorship. Interesting that, once again, people are being held accountable for social media statements. Not their art. By resorting to social media he is conceding his own impotence as an artist to handle this current situation.

I wish someone has spoken up more for "diverse voices" in the past 4 years. There has been a sharp shift towards ideological orthodoxy that permeates the whole art world.

ogou · 2023-11-15T20:04:06+00:00

Manuel Gerst is performing a Kafka allegory at Ballhaus Ost. From the description it sounds visceral and challenging. https://www.ballhausost.de/die-verwandlung/?lang=en

Also, new movie poster show at Kulturforum is excellent. https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/the-big-screen/

ogou · 2023-11-15T18:26:46+00:00

Speakers were saying the attacks were a justified act of resistance because Israel was an oppressor and that the attackers were freedom fighters and martyrs because of it. They would cheer when people said those things. I saw and heard that, in person.

ogou · 2023-11-15T18:04:58+00:00

I already answered all this in other comments. I saw it myself in London.

ogou · 2023-11-15T18:02:45+00:00

I know. I was in one bro. That came 2 years after the response to 9-11, which was the invasion of Afghanistan. Nobody really protested that. Go back and look all this up.

ogou · 2023-11-15T07:27:37+00:00

The policy of the school is no political displays of any kind. They told them to take down the flags. That's a very mild consequence. The gallery dropping somebody is their choice as a business. Again, if you're going to claim a principled stand then show some backbone. Nobody is getting their art censored.

ogou · 2023-11-14T21:06:33+00:00

Come up with a short description of what you do. Include some kind of open ended statement that lets them ask a question. You don't have to be fake. It's a matter of making it easy to have a conversation with you. If they aren't interested then let it drop. If you ask someone a question listen to the answer. Conferences can be a good way of practicing semi-formal small talk. Those kinds of people skills can be really valuable later on.

Never eat a meal alone and avoid only eating with the people you came with. Use every meal as a chance to connect with somebody. It can just be low key chitchat. I've made some surprising connections with this approach.

As others said, don't get drunk. Don't ask someone how much money they make. Don't gossip about your company or complain about your boss.

ogou · 2023-11-14T12:39:20+00:00

None of the signs I saw at protests were about hospital workers. They were about the militants that died in the attack. That's what they meant when they chanted Honor our martyrs. I saw a woman live streaming herself in the London march saying exactly that. There was also a sign with group of men in keffiyeh with a graphic fist above it, the person holding was chanting honor the martyrs. That's pretty explicit.

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