Manor of Art at Milepost 5 at 5
conversation from the page to the real world
Posted by: Lisa Radon on Aug 22, 2009 at 11:00AM
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Comments on my initial review of Manor of Art (900 NE 81st) have been extensive, awesome, thoughtful, heated, and sometimes juvenile. It’s fantastic that we can make a platform for this kind of exchange. Now the conversation heads to the real world with a “tour” of the Manor at 5 PM today. One of the artists in the show, Gabe Flores, has invited commenters, artists, and the rest of us to meet at the Manor for a walk-and-talk. He’s calling it the “Culturephile Comments Tour.” There have been so many issues raised in the comments, about the values of community, criticism, conversation, massives like the Manor, and so much more that I’m going to write another post to summarize. There’s no way we can hit even part of it today, but I for one am game to see what comes out of Gabe’s idea. Having the interchange move from the world to online and back to the world fascinates me. See you at the Manor.
Meanwhile, here are a couple of links to photos of the show from Milepost 5 which looks to be doing a great job of documentation, from Calvin Ross Carl’s OPENWIDEpdx, and Richard Schemmerer’s photos on PDX Art Portal.
Thank you Lisa and Richard for attending the Culturephile Comment Tour. It was fantastic to discussion the discussion in the rooms of those who were discussing. I really think it’s important to take our comments into the real world and I really encourage folks to start inviting others to participate in walk about round tables. It was great to edit my take the space as we flushed out the ideas surrounding rebellion and conformity and how difficult it is to place the art of the Manor, especially with Richard constantly denying us the pleasure of finding a satisfying or even possible label.