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Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Les Levine, new media meltdown, Paik etc. From:
dymond@idirect.ca
Date: Sun, January 14, 2007 1:21 pm
To: "carlos katastrofsky" <carlos.katastrofsky@gmail.com>
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> googled him, too. what i found was an interview with him where he says:
>
> […] People used to say to me, "Oh, that just looks like TV." I used to
say
> to them, "Well, that's just great. Because people understand TV." […]
>
> could it be possible we're thinking of tv, too, when it comes to web
based works?

nice

>
> cheers,
> carlos
>
> On 14/01/07, dymond@idirect.ca <dymond@idirect.ca> wrote:
>>
>> just googled him, he was from Dublin.
>> And it goes back to my post re: new media meltdown.
>> Levine took chances, gambled with his career and life, came out unscathed
>> but not as famous as did other artists with far less innovation and
quality.
>> He will always be the first New Media Artist in my mind, I think the
others like Paik are great, but they didn't push the interactive
envelope
>> as far.
>> and I wish, someone, anyone , could produce a web based work that was
equal to Levine's work. Iris encapsulates everything we talk about
today,
>> and all in one piece.
>> Such an important work and such a seminal figure.
>> Everyone at the time learned from him, including Warhol (see his
commentary in the old Interview, no I don't remember the issue, jstor
it).
>> Maybe there is hope for New Media, but I haven't seen his equal yet. Eric
>>
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