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I keep randomly returning to these, some great stuff in there. I also this quote of Jenny Holzer from another artwork: > There is a period when it is clear tha

by bschne 7y ago

I keep randomly returning to these, some great stuff in there. I also this quote of Jenny Holzer from another artwork: > There is a period when it is clear that you have gone wrong but you continue. Sometimes there is a luxurious amount of time before anything bad happens.

platz 7y ago
what artwork?
- nmcfarl 7y ago
  Jenny Holzer is an artist who’s work contains a lot of text and this text file is lifted from some of her work in the truisms series. It might actually be the entire text of the series. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TRUISMS+(1978-1983)+JENNY+HOLZER https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TRUISMS+(1978-1983)+JENNY+HOLZER
  - platz 7y ago
    i was asking about OP's "another artwork"
    - inetsee 7y ago
      A quick search on "artist Jenny Holzer" turns up plenty of results, including a comprehensive Wikipedia page, an Artsy page, and quite a few others. A quick look indicates that a fair amount of her work includes test based pieces, including this example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer#/media/File:Jenny_Holzer,_%22Xenon%22.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer#/media/File:Jenny...
      - platz 7y ago
        It appears the OP's quote was from "The Living Series"
- bschne 7y ago
  Yes, it's from a work called "The Living Series", see here: https://www.lofty.com/products/jenny-holzer-the-living-series-there-is-a-period-when-it-is-clear-1-82iuq https://www.lofty.com/products/jenny-holzer-the-living-serie...
adrianmonk 7y ago
Maybe this is Holzer's point (or maybe it's humorous), but I've come to believe that that "luxury" is one of the most dangerous things there is. The more indirect and the slower your feedback, the easier it is to form habits and get accustomed to believing in a "reality" which is anything but reality. I used to feel like it was better to have this luxury because who wants consequences to be swift. Doesn't that feel harsh and uncomfortable? Yes, but now I realize it's better overall. At best delayed (or dulled) consequences are like procrastination: face it now, or face it later when it's harder. And at worst, it's a path to ruin because later might be too late. Of course you don't want to go to the other extreme. There should be a balance.
- bschne 7y ago
  The way I read it is as a somewhat ironic comment on how a lot of people, after doing something they shouldn't or avoiding something they should do, already know their mistake way before correcting it or suffering the consequences, and just don't act accordingly. I'm not 100% sure on the "luxurious", but for me it reads as if saying "you know you've done wrong, you know it's going to come back to haunt you, but you're reveling in the inaction/avoidance in the meantime"

by bschne 7y ago

platz 7y ago

what artwork?

nmcfarl 7y ago
Jenny Holzer is an artist who’s work contains a lot of text and this text file is lifted from some of her work in the truisms series. It might actually be the entire text of the series. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TRUISMS+(1978-1983)+JENNY+HOLZER https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TRUISMS+(1978-1983)+JENNY+HOLZER
- platz 7y ago
  i was asking about OP's "another artwork"
  - inetsee 7y ago
    A quick search on "artist Jenny Holzer" turns up plenty of results, including a comprehensive Wikipedia page, an Artsy page, and quite a few others. A quick look indicates that a fair amount of her work includes test based pieces, including this example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer#/media/File:Jenny_Holzer,_%22Xenon%22.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer#/media/File:Jenny...
    - platz 7y ago
      It appears the OP's quote was from "The Living Series"
bschne 7y ago
Yes, it's from a work called "The Living Series", see here: https://www.lofty.com/products/jenny-holzer-the-living-series-there-is-a-period-when-it-is-clear-1-82iuq https://www.lofty.com/products/jenny-holzer-the-living-serie...

adrianmonk 7y ago

Maybe this is Holzer's point (or maybe it's humorous), but I've come to believe that that "luxury" is one of the most dangerous things there is. The more indirect and the slower your feedback, the easier it is to form habits and get accustomed to believing in a "reality" which is anything but reality. I used to feel like it was better to have this luxury because who wants consequences to be swift. Doesn't that feel harsh and uncomfortable? Yes, but now I realize it's better overall. At best delayed (or dulled) consequences are like procrastination: face it now, or face it later when it's harder. And at worst, it's a path to ruin because later might be too late. Of course you don't want to go to the other extreme. There should be a balance.

bschne 7y ago
The way I read it is as a somewhat ironic comment on how a lot of people, after doing something they shouldn't or avoiding something they should do, already know their mistake way before correcting it or suffering the consequences, and just don't act accordingly. I'm not 100% sure on the "luxurious", but for me it reads as if saying "you know you've done wrong, you know it's going to come back to haunt you, but you're reveling in the inaction/avoidance in the meantime"