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   [Date]: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:50:19 +0100
   [From]: Hans Braumueller <braumueller@crosses.net>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Saint John Saint Bill

Dear Juan,
i am agree with your last starement Saint John Saint Bill. But i am not
sharing your following point of view: 
>
>Once you understand Art loses its value because you are able to produce the
>same.

I think art is not something to understand, but to experience it. It is a
discipline in which if you getting involved you more are surprised ! Maybe
this is a great value of this human enterprise which of course are embedded
of "poiesis". Fact is that mostly artist are not talking about art but of
marketing themselves constantly in a self-promotion tour ! On the other
hand you have the political concerned artists talking about peace and all
this stuff of an nuclear wasted enviroment, exhibiting it in mainstream
documenta or any kind of so called biennale, where the snobs are shaking
hands with the corruption and mafia ! I am very sad to be hearing me saying
this cynic words ! It would be so nice if my pure idealism of earlier days
would survive in  my consciousness. We must count that art is one aspect of
 this whole history to be now here !

For all who submitted a cross, i will travel to Santiago de Chile at 3. of
January 2000. The inauguration of "Crosses of The Earth - Homage To
Indigenous Peoples" networking art installation will be held at 15th
January, 2000 in Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile, if someone
are considering to meet me :-)  I will be back to the discussion on end of
february 2000.

Take care and greetings,

saludos y cuidanse

Hans BraumŸller
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