Colberg's original piece seemed to me a rejection of his own book, which is unabashedly white cube centric. I thought that was interesting, if confusing.
I honestly can't quite tell if McClintock here is simply repeating Colberg's position or what. This might well become interesting though, when he finds his voice.
As you know, I rail against the lack of genuine discourse!
Tonally, it's a mind-bending word salad of irony, sarcasm, and grudging respect trailing off into ambiguity. What's his position? I have no fucking idea. There's much to disagree with. Disagreement is good!
Interesting stuff! There were a lot of references I had to look up and I consequently learned a lot.
It makes me think back to a course I briefly took in college on the often problematic "gaze" that photographers, in particular photography by white Westerners, project on the world through their work. Regrettably, I was young and dumb and dropped out of the course, arguing with myself that such a topic was not worth a semester's worth of content. Boy have I grown to find how wrong I was, still kicking myself for that one...
I like this writing, because it is circular and baffling. A fair bit rings true. Some sentences are wonderful. Fresh voices are woefully needed.
Colberg's original piece seemed to me a rejection of his own book, which is unabashedly white cube centric. I thought that was interesting, if confusing.
I honestly can't quite tell if McClintock here is simply repeating Colberg's position or what. This might well become interesting though, when he finds his voice.
As you know, I rail against the lack of genuine discourse!
Tonally, it's a mind-bending word salad of irony, sarcasm, and grudging respect trailing off into ambiguity. What's his position? I have no fucking idea. There's much to disagree with. Disagreement is good!
Interesting stuff! There were a lot of references I had to look up and I consequently learned a lot.
It makes me think back to a course I briefly took in college on the often problematic "gaze" that photographers, in particular photography by white Westerners, project on the world through their work. Regrettably, I was young and dumb and dropped out of the course, arguing with myself that such a topic was not worth a semester's worth of content. Boy have I grown to find how wrong I was, still kicking myself for that one...
I'm looking forward to what you write next.
— Mike Wyatt