vince pitelka on thu 21 mar 02
I thought John Waters's talk in the Randall Session was great. It was
bizarre, irreverent, obscene, and entertaining as hell. He doesn't
specifically go for shock value - he just says exactly what he thinks
without
couching his words in "acceptable" language. He talked about movies like he
makes movies. But each to her/his own.
I loved Soldner's new poster, with Voulkos peering from behind a podium as a
naked Soldner "streaks" across the stage in front of him in a "jogger pram"
being pushed by two naked pregnant women. Did this really happen? How did
I miss it? You can depend on Soldner to always push the envelope, and it is
pretty lame to debate "correctness" or "appropriateness" of what he does. I
admire his enduring spirit. His posters are a parody of the "cheesecake"
photo. You can use exactly the same arguments to condemn or defend him and
his posters.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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