I keep coming back to the blog to see if anything has 'happened' with it. I don't know what I am hoping for or expecting to happen. This hope has made me think about others and about reciprocation.
Hirschhorn: "To me, The Other is my next, my neighbour. The Other is what is unfamiliar to me, what is strange to me, what I cannot understand and what I am afraid of. The Other is also what is remote and close at the same time. The Other is the absolute neighbour. The Other is the unexpected but it is not part of me, it's not not myself, that is the difficulty – particularism is the less difficult, the expected, the determined, the conformed, and it is me also, as well. In experiences of Artwork in public space "The Other" means the absolute will to include, to work for – and not to exclude – what I call a 'non-exclusive' audience. "The Other" is also my audience and "The Other" is the assertion of this possible audience. With my work I try to confront Artlovers, Artconnaisseurs, other Artists, Artcritics, Arthistorians but I also want to confront my work to The Other. I think that Art – because it is Art – can create the conditions for confrontation or direct dialogue with The Other, from one to one. In this sense Art has a political meaning. Art escapes the control, the control of myself – the artist – and in doing this, Art has the capacity to reach The Other. This is the miracle of Art. I learnt from projects such as the "Musée Précaire Albinet", the "Bataille Monument" or trhe Deleuze Monument" that "The Other" is with The Other because I chose him and his neighbourhood, and made my artwork with him in his space. Agreeing with "The Other" means "working politically", with confidence in the tool "Art" – which has its own logic and its own strength. "Working politically" means working without cynicism, without negativity and without self-satisfying criticism."
I scanned a paperweight on my desk so as to have a photo. I have learnt that putting a new image on your blog takes you to the top of the list. So any image will do. The weight of paper.
