i’ve been thinking about rob storr’s comment the other night – in which, more or less, he said designers tend to make work that is not art. yet, we  would ideally long to be artists if we were not occupied as designers. and, that it sometimes takes an artist, like warhol, to re-appropriate design and elevate it to the status of art. (correct me if i’m wrong).

i instantly reacted badly to this comment. but, on further thought, i am not so upset. why were his words so offensive? is it because we are not recognized as artists, while enrolled in a school of art? or is it because we don’t want to be artists, we are happy being designers, and a little lost as to how we can discuss our practice and relate to our peers within the school of art?

For the most part, I think our class crits have become much more engaging this year.

But, in general, I think most of us were disappointed with the interdisciplinary crit last week. So I am not sure why everyone is so eager to have more interdisciplinary crits next semester. I imagine people have ideas about how to improve the open crit discussion – so what are everyone’s thoughts?

Also, it is almost the end of the semester, and we haven’t had our own crit. I propose something towards the end of next week.