Save the date, I (sort of?) agree with the Liverpolitans! I joined the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust when I first heard of it because I'd seen the good work CLTs have done around Merseyside, but I was disappointed that their only aim seems to be this one building in Oxton. I got to visit it, and found the whole thing utterly depressing - it wasn't the home of a joyous eccentric but someone who'd lived in squalor for years, his (mediocre at best) artwork hidden by hoarded items. What's more concerning is the amount of money that has been spent and raised for this building and it currently sits empty during the worst housing crisis of my lifetime. I've asked the CLT on Twitter if they would respond to Wirral Council's urgent appeal for private landlords to house social tenants but not had a response. The flats upstairs that were occupied are now empty and they seem to be earmarked for artists only, so it's hard to see the benefits of being owned by a CLT instead of a private landlord. And most sad of all, all this money and acclaim came too late for Ron, who deserved better.
Whatever the merits of the place, why not photograph it all (3D, maybe) to create a record, the clean the place up and leave it for someone to live in. An ‘immersive’ exhibition could go on tour (with gift shop) and the art preserved for posterity.
The art sector like all the other sectors, such as the food sector and the entertainment sector, is responsible for products created by other people that stimulate our senses., As individuals, each and every one of us has our own individual tastes therefore it is up to the individual to like or dislike anything we come across. The most important critic in the world whether on art or anything else is ourselves. Associations and institutions formed by cliques of cunning academics in the art sector have been using all kinds of publicity stuns for centuries to hype up works by artists of their choosing, dead or alive, like today's social media influencers, in order to build up lucrative marketing values for the creations of those artists and most of those 'arts' have become mere investment objects. I see most of those art experts and art appraisers in the same light as cult leaders and on stage hypnotists. It is up to the audience to decide whether or not they want to fall under their spell and follow their commands like sheep.
Re your short update on protests at the Grand National, I am surprised that more attention is not paid to the meeting sponsors. Can anyone explain whyever not?
Save the date, I (sort of?) agree with the Liverpolitans! I joined the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust when I first heard of it because I'd seen the good work CLTs have done around Merseyside, but I was disappointed that their only aim seems to be this one building in Oxton. I got to visit it, and found the whole thing utterly depressing - it wasn't the home of a joyous eccentric but someone who'd lived in squalor for years, his (mediocre at best) artwork hidden by hoarded items. What's more concerning is the amount of money that has been spent and raised for this building and it currently sits empty during the worst housing crisis of my lifetime. I've asked the CLT on Twitter if they would respond to Wirral Council's urgent appeal for private landlords to house social tenants but not had a response. The flats upstairs that were occupied are now empty and they seem to be earmarked for artists only, so it's hard to see the benefits of being owned by a CLT instead of a private landlord. And most sad of all, all this money and acclaim came too late for Ron, who deserved better.
Whatever the merits of the place, why not photograph it all (3D, maybe) to create a record, the clean the place up and leave it for someone to live in. An ‘immersive’ exhibition could go on tour (with gift shop) and the art preserved for posterity.
We think too conservatively these days.
The art sector like all the other sectors, such as the food sector and the entertainment sector, is responsible for products created by other people that stimulate our senses., As individuals, each and every one of us has our own individual tastes therefore it is up to the individual to like or dislike anything we come across. The most important critic in the world whether on art or anything else is ourselves. Associations and institutions formed by cliques of cunning academics in the art sector have been using all kinds of publicity stuns for centuries to hype up works by artists of their choosing, dead or alive, like today's social media influencers, in order to build up lucrative marketing values for the creations of those artists and most of those 'arts' have become mere investment objects. I see most of those art experts and art appraisers in the same light as cult leaders and on stage hypnotists. It is up to the audience to decide whether or not they want to fall under their spell and follow their commands like sheep.
Re your short update on protests at the Grand National, I am surprised that more attention is not paid to the meeting sponsors. Can anyone explain whyever not?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/14/owen-paterson-may-face-7500-fine-over-lobbying-for-healthcare-firm-randox ;
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/matt-hancocks-stay-at-mansion-of-randox-founder-revealed-by-foi-request ;
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/15/chumocracy-covid-revealed-shape-tory-establishment ;
https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/the-grand-national/about-the-event/randox/
You need to amend your survey. The Sheffield one is up at the moment.