Comments on: 120 Day Blog Death … and Yosi Sergant http://www.lexleifheit.com/2009/09/16/120-day-blog-death-and-yosi-sergant/ Art Things, Considered Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:59:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rio http://www.lexleifheit.com/2009/09/16/120-day-blog-death-and-yosi-sergant/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Rio Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:05:23 +0000 http://www.lexleifheit.com/?p=451#comment-236 Lex, Even as someone who works for you I still feel the exact same conflicts and ponder the same questions. One look at my old cheesy myspace blog reveals how much I wrote more personally and about my life, opinions on art, and my experiences with the tumultuous politics of SOMArts circa 2006. I often struggle with what it means to be the public version of myself, especially with information so much more accessible to a broader array of people these days. Your situation is of course further complicated with being the public representative of SOMArts. I believe keeping it real on your blog is what keeps you from being "The Administration" in the negative sense. When you were named ED of SOMArts one of the reasons I was so excited about it was that I was able to read your blog and listen to the Art Agenda before you arrived. It made all the difference in the world to be able to get a sense of your work and your thoughts on art politics. I'm leaving to go to an art opening at Good Vibrations...Which I am hesitant to blog about because I recently found out that my future in-laws read my blog via facebook. Their inability to understand or engage the art world that I'm a part of has led me to fear their judgment and misconceptions the most. I know that's a little less complicated than the judgment of funders, the SFAC, or our board but I certainly get where you're coming from. To sum up, it sucks when we have to be calculating in what should be a space for free thought on life, art, and politics. I'm still trying to figure out what the boundaries are for all of my web 2.0 selves out there. Even if you do sign my paychecks, I am grateful that there's someone out there that I know that gets it. Have you ever listened to N.W.A.'s Express Yourself? It's always my favorite song to turn to when thinking about these issues. It has one of my favorite music videos of all time. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOsWsS_dzM&feature=18 As Dr. Dre says in the song "though some musicians cuss at home they're scared to use profanity when up on the microphone." Food for thought, Rio Lex,

Even as someone who works for you I still feel the exact same conflicts and ponder the same questions. One look at my old cheesy myspace blog reveals how much I wrote more personally and about my life, opinions on art, and my experiences with the tumultuous politics of SOMArts circa 2006. I often struggle with what it means to be the public version of myself, especially with information so much more accessible to a broader array of people these days. Your situation is of course further complicated with being the public representative of SOMArts.

I believe keeping it real on your blog is what keeps you from being “The Administration” in the negative sense. When you were named ED of SOMArts one of the reasons I was so excited about it was that I was able to read your blog and listen to the Art Agenda before you arrived. It made all the difference in the world to be able to get a sense of your work and your thoughts on art politics.

I’m leaving to go to an art opening at Good Vibrations…Which I am hesitant to blog about because I recently found out that my future in-laws read my blog via facebook. Their inability to understand or engage the art world that I’m a part of has led me to fear their judgment and misconceptions the most. I know that’s a little less complicated than the judgment of funders, the SFAC, or our board but I certainly get where you’re coming from.

To sum up, it sucks when we have to be calculating in what should be a space for free thought on life, art, and politics. I’m still trying to figure out what the boundaries are for all of my web 2.0 selves out there. Even if you do sign my paychecks, I am grateful that there’s someone out there that I know that gets it.

Have you ever listened to N.W.A.’s Express Yourself? It’s always my favorite song to turn to when thinking about these issues. It has one of my favorite music videos of all time. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOsWsS_dzM&feature=18
As Dr. Dre says in the song “though some musicians cuss at home
they’re scared to use profanity when up on the microphone.”

Food for thought,

Rio

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