Comments on: I met Art Guy http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/ I’m really interested in making photographs about photographing, and photographing life which for me is often about photographing. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bradley http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12840 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:45:05 +0000 http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12840 "the techniques that will push you to the top" To the top of what?...the art world....isn't that trivial? Seems like you just displaced the criticism and shifted the waste of time to something else, like i don't know....maybe your wishes. Maybe I am misunderstanding. “the techniques that will push you to the top”

To the top of what?…the art world….isn’t that trivial?

Seems like you just displaced the criticism and shifted the waste of time to something else, like i don’t know….maybe your wishes. Maybe I am misunderstanding.

]]> by: Wolfgang http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12828 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:24:36 +0000 http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12828 I wish some of you cared more about the craft of making pictures vs the art world (the big names you've got to know and like to be "in", the techniques that will push you to the top) An Exhibition is a photography project funeral. Musicians have lively concerts, us photographers sanctify our work amdist champagne glasses and snoby know it all art monkeys. There is nothing more depressing than an exhibition in a photographer's life. A museum, gallery, is not a place to have a debate because it is a place full of sadness and nostalgia. Besides Photography is not about talking. You could have taken a better picture of Mika, it is a real shame. Seems to me like you are wasting your time on trivial things. I wish some of you cared more about the craft of making pictures vs the art world (the big names you’ve got to know and like to be “in”, the techniques that will push you to the top)
An Exhibition is a photography project funeral. Musicians have lively concerts, us photographers sanctify our work amdist champagne glasses and snoby know it all
art monkeys. There is nothing more depressing than an exhibition in a photographer’s life.
A museum, gallery, is not a place to have a debate because it is a place full of sadness and nostalgia.
Besides Photography is not about talking.

You could have taken a better picture of Mika, it is a real shame.
Seems to me like you are wasting your time on trivial things.

]]> by: bradley http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12540 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:12:57 +0000 http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12540 Yaleies, what a bunch of jerks. Do you know what his name is. I just want to see if he has a record of being a d-bag. Yaleies, what a bunch of jerks. Do you know what his name is. I just want to see if he has a record of being a d-bag.

]]> by: John http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12390 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:29:14 +0000 http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12390 I think Anti-grad school guy would be kind of fun because it is so obvious that he was just not able to get into grad school (Similar to Anti-JET Program guy (level 1)). Yesterday I went back to the exhibition to try to cancel out the memory that I had of the show from the day before. It was a lot better the second time, re-reading Terry Barrett's (WHOOPS there I go now) section about Intrepretive Photographs on the subway was a good primer before re-seeing the show. Nick: I did not take his photo. I never want to see this guy again. As we went to leave, I saw him smoking on the steps through the glass entrance door and so I had Mika follow me through the building to leave via the loading dock out back. Mark: Me too! A conceptual excerpt: "there was this totally lame guy with a hot japanese chick at the gallery today and neither of them knew anything about art" All who commented:  Yes you are right. I think Anti-grad school guy would be kind of fun because it is so obvious that he was just not able to get into grad school (Similar to Anti-JET Program guy (level 1)).

Yesterday I went back to the exhibition to try to cancel out the memory that I had of the show from the day before. It was a lot better the second time, re-reading Terry Barrett’s (WHOOPS there I go now) section about Intrepretive Photographs on the subway was a good primer before re-seeing the show.

Nick: I did not take his photo. I never want to see this guy again. As we went to leave, I saw him smoking on the steps through the glass entrance door and so I had Mika follow me through the building to leave via the loading dock out back.

Mark: Me too!
A conceptual excerpt: “there was this totally lame guy with a hot japanese chick at the gallery today and neither of them knew anything about art”

All who commented:  Yes you are right.

]]> by: Justin http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12018 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:54:45 +0000 http://kenshukan.net/john/archives/2007/06/05/i-met-art-guy/#comment-12018 Ben and I had one of these in our photo class, very quick to enlighten us with her knowledge of names and her rough understanding of art history. It is embarrassing, insulting and a total waste of time. Our professor had the good sense to not let her participate in the final critique, as she had continually added nothing to (and at times, actually taken something from) the conversation. That said, I know I've been that person a few times. Maybe not as jerky as this guy, but I have argued long after it was really worthwhile or productive. Sometimes enthusiasm can get mixed with jealousy or insecurity and produce a very unpleasant (but usually not incredibly malicious) atmosphere. Besides Music Guy and Computer Guy, I have also run into Alcohol Guy, Human Rights Guy, Environment Guy and Anti-Graduate School Guy. Ben and I had one of these in our photo class, very quick to enlighten us with her knowledge of names and her rough understanding of art history. It is embarrassing, insulting and a total waste of time. Our professor had the good sense to not let her participate in the final critique, as she had continually added nothing to (and at times, actually taken something from) the conversation.

That said, I know I’ve been that person a few times. Maybe not as jerky as this guy, but I have argued long after it was really worthwhile or productive. Sometimes enthusiasm can get mixed with jealousy or insecurity and produce a very unpleasant (but usually not incredibly malicious) atmosphere.

Besides Music Guy and Computer Guy, I have also run into Alcohol Guy, Human Rights Guy, Environment Guy and Anti-Graduate School Guy.

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