Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina wrote: > I learned that many galleries will not accept my >project because it is politically incorrect Hi Tina, I can't believe i'm going to politically hang myself out, but there you go :-) Please don't take offence at this, but i think your project sounds 'Politically Correct.' I would have thought examining the subject of 'family' and the disposessed of the 'third world' would have been enough for most people to support the project: Conservatives and Liberals alike. The sort of 'political correctness' you mention has been around since the late 60's at least. It's not actually part of any political correctness movement, but it sounds like the people you've been talking to have transformed it into that. It actually has its roots in a revolutionary cultural practice, rather than anything to do with the current PC climate. The concept itself, which i find inspiring, comes across as very weird at the same time. The concept is fine, but the people you mention explaining their idea of it, seems a little-- to say the least-- distorted. A lot of my work about cinema in 1968 is looking at the rise of 'third world cinema,' where there was a big movement to shrug off imperialist ideology in favour of anti-colonialist cinema, and the creation of 'indigenous images'. There are similar movements here in New Zealand right now, which i'll happily and enthusiastically support. But the key to this issue, particularly with what you do, is more about making people aware of the peoples existence in the first place! Duh, to get a grass-roots movement of any kind, generally means making folks aware of a people's existence. I think the people you're having to deal with have their chickens and eggs around the wrong way. Uh, ignore the previous stuff and repeat the last sentence x2. I wish i could offer some real help and suggestions to make this problem better. I think the voice recordings are a great idea, but the people you mention will probably have a problem with translation of the material, if you need to do that as well. In that case, you'd need to do both verbal recordings, a transcription of the original and a subsequent translation. I've seen this sort of thing done in galleries, and it can work really well. Especially if the sound is by choice of the listener. If you do decide to do a book, the original speech with translation can work really well too. Don't give up, you've got lots of support here, and, by all means--the people who lost their lives in Mitch need representing too. Good luck, Tina, and if they give you any more trouble, send 'em over to the LUG and we'll sort 'em out! I'm in trouble aren't i? Take care, Gary _____________________________________________________________ "The difficulty now is that unexceptional adults believe the loss of youthful dreaming is itself "growing up," as though adulthood were the passive conclusion to a doomed activity and hope during adolescence." OO The Uses of Disorder [_]<| Personal Identity and City Life -- Richard Sennett /|\ Gary Elshaw Post-Grad Film Student Victoria University New Zealand http://elshaw.tripod.com/ http://elshaw.tripod.com/photointro.html _____________________________________________________________