[add-art dev] adding another non-goal

[Ethan Ham]

That seems exactly right to me!


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On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Steve Lambert <steve at visitsteve.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I just got an email from a fan of Add-Art saying that he doesn't  
> like the current show and there was a comment on the forum about it  
> too.  And that reminded me of something.
>
> As you may have seen on the front page of the dev wiki:
> http://dev.eyebeam.org/projects/add-art/wiki/Add-Art
> Early on I had listed goals and non-goals for the project.  These  
> are intended to be guiding principles we can look to as the project  
> moves forward - and reference points for people in the future were  
> we all to be hit by busses. I want to add a non-goal if it's ok with  
> everyone.  Something like...
>
> - People don't have to like the art.
>
> This is part of what I wrote back to the guy after thanking him for  
> his feedback and a couple other paragraphs of other info.
>
>> It's important to me that we're not putting art out to please  
>> people.  The curators and artists involved shouldn't feel like they  
>> need to create safe, pleasing decorations for web pages. We want  
>> contemporary art brought into our everyday lives, and that should  
>> challenge our ideas of what we like and what art is. Including me.  
>> Maybe if we had designers, those goals would be different.  But Add- 
>> Art shouldn't become wall-paper.  If it's really not for you, you  
>> can disable Add-Art until our next show comes out on June 19th.
>
> (Out of context it might sound harsh, but I was nice)
>
> I'm asking you because I want this project to be ours, not mine. I  
> feel like I'm ratifying the constitution a little so I want to make  
> sure this is ok with everyone, even though I think the spirit of  
> this concept has been in it since the beginning.
>
> Your comments?
>
> Steve
>
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