---------- > From: Mathew Boroson <mattboroson@hotmail.com> > To: meeting@livingroom.org > Subject: De-Lurking > Date: 06 August 1997 13:42 > > I've been a little intimidated; all the knowledge and passion i've seen > here has left me feeling like some kind of dilettante. > > Let me say this: i joined this group because i've been feeling a > profound lack of experimental art in my life. It seemed to come to me > much more easily in the eighties; there was a TV show on PBS, hosted by > Laurie Anderson for a while, then by David Byrne, that focussed on > avant-garde artwork, music, film, video, etc. (anybody remember what it > was called?) It seemed that any arthouse movie theater would show > "Koyaanisqatsi," "Home of the Brave," "Swimming to Cambodia," etc., > although those same arthouses only seem to show films on the > Merchant-Ivory template now. In the eighties, it felt like the > avant-garde in art touched, however softly, the mainstream of our > culture, and all a working joe like me had to do was turn on the TV or > go to the movies to find it. > > Where has that gone? How can i get my art-fix? What movies have i > missed, what books? What composers? (the only easy-access > experimentalism i know nowadays is Kronos; i can find their CDs at Sam > Goodys) > > So i guess i'm looking for two things: i'm looking for guidance, > recommendations, help finding things that would challenge and inspire > me; and i'm also trying to find out what changed in the last ten years, > and how to change it back. > > > Matt > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com