Sleazy Art Meetings (5)

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Posted June 17 2002 21:00

Sleazy Art Meetings (5)

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The Artist Next Door

I still can't believe I actually did this. I live in a high-rise apartmen=
t and my neighbor, a rather handsome looking artist guy, always seems to ha=
ve many of these artist friends come visit him. I know he conceptualizes va=
rious ideas, making them part of real life. Which sounds cool to me, life a=
nd art are just soo close now I've heard. You know, like that new Interne=
t movement called 'Art-Behaviour'.

He creates like an animal, I now this because I can hear him. I hear almost=
every noise from next door, those liberating and fulfilled sounds ultimate=
, creative ecstasy. I have always wondered whom these artists were, who use=
d to do home-based art projects with him, if they were important artists? I=
just couldn't believe anyone could have such an incredibly active Art li=
fe. I suppose I shouldn't have been interested in an artist who had been =
with so many other creative types, but hearing the unbelievable amount of a=
rtistic power he gave to each and every one through the thin walls of my ap=
artment I had to find out more.

I shared an elevator one day with him and I seized the opportunity to ask h=
im for some help on the Internet to look at contemporary, critical art site=
s and lists. He invited me over for a little tutorial, and when he went to =
get us both a drink I checked the bookmarks on his computer and found out t=
hat he frequented Rhizome. He caught me looking at it and I felt like I was=
invading his privacy and wanted to hide and crawl under the sofa. He was v=
ery cool about it though, and asked me if I had ever been to this web site =
and list before? I told him no, not knowing what it was about, and he smile=
d and said I should try it. I got up the courage to ask if it was where he =
got all his contacts from, and he confidently said that 60\% of all the arti=
sts he has explored imaginative projects with are from there. I couldn't =
believe he told me that, and I can't imagine why I asked this yet I did, =
I softly asked if I could be included in the other 40\%. Without a word we m=
oved to the couch, and he began to draw me. I'd never done a casual creat=
ive encounter before but I felt like I knew him intimately having listened =
to him so many times before through the walls.

Before I knew it I was drawing his cyber coat, hanging behind the door, all=
black and made out of leather. And then he explored many playful and fluid=
ideas with me. It was even better than I imagined and I'm sure that the =
neighbors 3 flats down heard my well thought out verbal concepts, as we bot=
h explored together primal art (yet critically informed) expressions, a kin=
d of performance that lets one blurt out moans. Maybe I will try Rhizome my=
self, if all the artists explore ideas as adventurously like this then it=
's something worth checking into.

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can't believe I actually did this. I live in a high-rise apartment and my=

neighbor, a rather handsome looking artist guy, always seems to have m=
any
of these artist friends come visit him. I know he conceptualizes vario=
us
ideas, making them part of real life. Which sounds cool to me, life and art=
are
just soo close now I've heard. You know, like that new Internet movement =
called
'Art-Behaviour'. He creates like an animal, I now this because I ca=
n
hear him. I hear almost every noise from next door, those liberating a=
nd
fulfilled sounds ultimate, creative ecstasy. I have always wondered wh=
om
these artists were, who used to do home-based art projects with him, if the=
y
were important artists? I just couldn't believe anyone could have such an=

incredibly active Art life. I suppose I shouldn't have been interested in=
an
artist who had been with so many other creative types, but hearing the
unbelievable amount of artistic power he gave to each and every one through=
the
thin walls of my apartment I had to find out more. I shared an elev=
ator
one day with him and I seized the opportunity to ask him for some help on t=
he
Internet to look at contemporary, critical art sites and lists. He invited =
me
over for a little tutorial, and when he went to get us both a drink I check=
ed
the bookmarks on his computer and found out that he frequented Rhizome. He=

caught me looking at it and I felt like I was invading his privacy and want=
ed to
hide and crawl under the sofa. He was very cool about it though, and asked =
me if
I had ever been to this web site and list before? I told him no, not knowin=
g
what it was about, and he smiled and said I should try it. I got up the cou=
rage
to ask if it was where he got all his contacts from, and he confidently sai=
d
that 60\% of all the artists he has explored imaginative projects with are f=
rom
there. I couldn't believe he told me that, and I can't imagine why I as=
ked this
yet I did, I softly asked if I could be included in the other 40\%. Without =
a
word we moved to the couch, and he began to draw me. I'd never done a cas=
ual
creative encounter before but I felt like I knew him intimately having list=
ened
to him so many times before through the walls. Before I knew it I w=
as
drawing his cyber coat, hanging behind the door, all black and made out of=

leather. And then he explored many playful and fluid ideas with me. It was =
even
better than I imagined and I'm sure that the neighbors 3 flats down heard=
my
well thought out verbal concepts, as we both explored together primal =
art
(yet critically informed) expressions, a kind of performance that lets one =
blurt
out moans. Maybe I will try Rhizome my self, if all the artists explore ide=
as as
adventurously like this then it's something worth checking into.
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