4 ms·

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. The artist seems pretentious, but self-aware. Annoying, but a great storyteller. The art and philosophical conclusions involv

by Bakary 4y ago

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. The artist seems pretentious, but self-aware. Annoying, but a great storyteller. The art and philosophical conclusions involved are dated and cliché but thought provoking at the same time. It's irritating, exciting, and comforting all at once. I don't know what to make of it but I'm glad that people like the author exist.

pkdpic 4y ago
Agreed, I would have really liked the paintings by themselves with minimal context. But this kind of pretentious artíst archetype seems like its designed to alienate most people from visual art rather than invite them in. And even though I really love the paintings, they don't embody all the fancy ideas he's going on (and on) about in this write up. You're cool and smart, we get it. The paintings can and should speak for themselves.
- santoshalper 4y ago
  Nobody made you read an artist's blog. It seems disengenous to go voluntarily read someone's writing then criticize them for writing and not "letting their work speak for itself"
- Bakary 4y ago
  It helps to consider the pretentious artistry as part of the piece. The writing about his experience doing the piece, and the experiences themselves are more interesting than the piece itself and need not be separate criteria. It's okay for most people to be alienated by it. They are neither wrong nor right to be so: I'm just happy that this art form exists.
_spduchamp 4y ago
I met Kyle when he taught a OpenFrameworks workshop here in Toronto many years ago. He's not a pretentious guy at all. He seemed very chill and down to earth, and just deeply curious with a highly competent ability to use programming as a tool to investigate questions. I admired his steely patience trying to teach that workshop while a couple folks kept interrupting while they struggled installing the prerequisite tools.
throwayyy479087 4y ago
I know the guy - this is a very accurate take. Recycling cliches and thinking that he's brilliant are par for the course for him. He _is_ a talented programmer but seemed to see engineering as below ˙him. Installing spyware to make public the faces of others for implied mockery, when you see yourself as above criticism is poetic.
- cj1 4y ago

by Bakary 4y ago

pkdpic 4y ago

Agreed, I would have really liked the paintings by themselves with minimal context. But this kind of pretentious artíst archetype seems like its designed to alienate most people from visual art rather than invite them in. And even though I really love the paintings, they don't embody all the fancy ideas he's going on (and on) about in this write up. You're cool and smart, we get it. The paintings can and should speak for themselves.

santoshalper 4y ago
Nobody made you read an artist's blog. It seems disengenous to go voluntarily read someone's writing then criticize them for writing and not "letting their work speak for itself"
Bakary 4y ago
It helps to consider the pretentious artistry as part of the piece. The writing about his experience doing the piece, and the experiences themselves are more interesting than the piece itself and need not be separate criteria. It's okay for most people to be alienated by it. They are neither wrong nor right to be so: I'm just happy that this art form exists.

_spduchamp 4y ago

I met Kyle when he taught a OpenFrameworks workshop here in Toronto many years ago. He's not a pretentious guy at all. He seemed very chill and down to earth, and just deeply curious with a highly competent ability to use programming as a tool to investigate questions. I admired his steely patience trying to teach that workshop while a couple folks kept interrupting while they struggled installing the prerequisite tools.

throwayyy479087 4y ago

I know the guy - this is a very accurate take. Recycling cliches and thinking that he's brilliant are par for the course for him. He _is_ a talented programmer but seemed to see engineering as below ˙him. Installing spyware to make public the faces of others for implied mockery, when you see yourself as above criticism is poetic.

cj1 4y ago