tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post5029178673457196510..comments2017-11-28T07:54:24.237-08:00Comments on Village Disco: Shake It Off?Emily Farrantohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11478769691979853020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post-69827432293902661682016-02-23T15:48:03.584-08:002016-02-23T15:48:03.584-08:00So... it is months after you posted this comment a...So... it is months after you posted this comment and I apologize for the fact that I didn't see it until now, in February. Sorry. I did send an email to Pelican Bomb but did not hear back. The editor's letter appeared after my original post and addressed a lot of what I wrote. I posted a link to the editor's letter in a subsequent post. Again, sorry to have missed your comment and thank you for your thoughts.Emily Farrantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478769691979853020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post-14443327899737426472015-10-03T11:23:10.835-07:002015-10-03T11:23:10.835-07:00Art presented in the public sphere does not usuall...Art presented in the public sphere does not usually have a preamble attached. What we see is what we see, unless we are moved to investigate further. I responded to this piece in exactly the same manner as Village Disco, and was too disappointed (trying to avoid typing "disgusted") to dig for more meaningful explanations. Taylor Swift's imprimatur is perfect for this bit of fluff.Frontier Preachershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158004921812010547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post-23379403844974606572015-09-08T20:19:42.713-07:002015-09-08T20:19:42.713-07:00I'm assuming you didn't talk to anyone at ...I'm assuming you didn't talk to anyone at Pelican Bomb (don't see them quoted here), but used Yahoo! News as your main source. OK. Doesn't make much sense, but OK. There's an editor's letter on the site which explains the inclusion of this work in their overall programming about virality. Seem on point. Your review seems off point. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post-50606993223255709422015-08-29T10:30:14.201-07:002015-08-29T10:30:14.201-07:00Justin, thank you so much for your comment. Your g...Justin, thank you so much for your comment. Your guess sounds good. I imagine much of what I take issue with comes down to inner workings, financial or political, that I can't see from where I am standing. I would be interested to hear about this from PB.<br /><br />Bringing more traffic or attention to serious art--on the website for example--by endorsing more populist work, changes the context of the more serious work. It affects how it is regarded.<br />Emily Farrantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478769691979853020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835428029309107970.post-24957678459113221632015-08-29T07:57:06.712-07:002015-08-29T07:57:06.712-07:00It looks to me that Pelican Bomb is operating on--...It looks to me that Pelican Bomb is operating on--or at least treating this as--a version of lead loss. by putting up this one populist piece they generate lots traffic/attention for the more serious art on the site. <br /><br />Or maybe they got pressure from sponsors to be more inclusive/appeal more to the mainstream. <br /><br />I'd be interested to know more about what drove this shift in mission for Pelican Bomb. But my guess is it comes down to some version of your point at the end of your post:<br />"Art is not easy or easily explained. Art is not always understood or supported but art matters in part because it is different than everything else we do as humans. It is deeply impractical but we do it anyway and always have."<br /><br />Even as a 501(c), you still have to get attention/get traffic & users. Shifts like this are common as orgs grow. They sort of tap out the audience for their original mission and have to adapt to continue to do what they do and grow. <br /><br />That's my guess anyway, but I could be totally wrong. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Justin Markshttp://justinmarks.net/noreply@blogger.com