The Stupidest, Dumbest, Most Beautiful Artistic Thing: Airistotle on Art and Imitation

25th August 2017Air Guitar, Minus Plato TodayAiristotle, Aristotle, Dave Hickey, Imitation, Junip, MimesisMinus Plato

There are five judges. They’re looking for your technical merit, stage presence, and by far the most important is airness – its the x-factor that transcends the act of imitation, and becomes an art form in and of itself – Airistotle To witness Airistotle’s transcendent acts of imitation, you can tune in to his defence […]

Is A Woven Thing: Sarah Charlesworth’s “Text”, 1994

26th May 2017Dave Hickey, David Sedley, Francis Ponge, Frank O'Hara, Lucretius, Minus Plato Today, Sarah CharlesworthDave Hickey, David Sedley, Francis Ponge, Frank O'Hara, Lucretius, Sarah CharlesworthMinus Plato

To be idiomatic in a vacuum is a shining thing – Frank O’Hara What am I actually doing as I move my fingers over these computer keys from which, over the years, the letters have been worn away? And where, exactly, am I doing it? Is all of this transpiring in my head? In […]