Comments on: Chuck Funk

By: taulpaul

taulpaul — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:01:01 +0000

Pimps and vlog ho's.

I'm liking this already. Keep up the posts KK.

By: Dane

Dane — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:03:21 +0000

I totally read that “funk” as a slightly different word

By: David

David — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:25:34 +0000

WTF is a vlog?

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:07:45 +0000

Thanks, Chuck. I’d like to think it’s at least erratic enough to call art…. or one of many other oddball adjectives..

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:04:04 +0000

If Chasing Windmills ain’t art, I will saw my leg off and throw it through the Walker’s robotic eye-window.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:49:19 +0000

…whatever… Congrats, Chuck. Nice work…. up in the brainpart.

By: spaceman

spaceman — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:52:59 +0000

did that qualify as pooh-flingin’?

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:46:49 +0000

Okay, maybe that last sentence was a little harsh. Sorry, I forgot to put my Minnesota Nice pants on today.

By: mnartspd

mnartspd — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:44:21 +0000

I’d like to change my username to Art Pimp–can I do that Matt? You know, those who can’t pimp. I work with mnartists.org so I doubt I’m the one to convince you of an aesthetic sensibility–more about art as radical democracy. Although I think what is Art? is always worth talking about–just to keep that pimpin theme going did ya’ll see the review of juxtapoz (show up at SOO Vac and Ox-Op) on mnartists.org–on the subject of questioning what’s art. anyway it’s clear Chuck’s on a trajectory for greatness (and I’m not just say’in that cause he’s my ho).

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:13:20 +0000

My favorite definition of ART: "Whatever you can get away with."

I'm not too motivated to prove you can find art in vlogs, because you seem to have made your mind up against them. They are what they are. It's a means of distribution, so of course it's an outlet for art. Just like some blogs are an outlet for literature. The immediacy of blogs makes it more of a testing grounds, a place to see works-in-progress moreso than a "finished cultural product." It's sort of weird to compare them to, say, paintings or films or books. Cheapening the visual arts? I'm sorry, I have to laugh.

Certain videos on Minnesota Stories I think of as art - your mileage may vary. I really like 90 Seconds of Dave. Check out a video called The Decision. Also check out anything on vlog::banal and scratch video.

So far you haven't come up with any criticism capable of dealing with two minutes of vlog video. I don't htink you speak the language.