Posts by Paul Litterick
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Books are crap, as Philip Larkin once observed. Architecture is where it's at.
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I just want to know how much of the space will be actually dedicated to showing art...
Much of it is additional atrium capacity, for corporate events.
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Speaking of category errors, the Herald editorial's melding of art, architecture and constitutional law is remarkable.
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That will be another chapter in my PhD, one tentatively entitled "Warren and Mahoney: what were they thinking?"
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Of course; that's appropriation, folks.
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And what about those art prizes? When did a painting of some kittens ever win an art prize? The Art Establishment is biased against the kitten-painting community.
By which I mean to say that there is a hierarchy of genres; you chaps might be peeved but think how the Romantic Fiction people feel.
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But by way of a modest couterpoint Napier is conspicuous and people travel to see the buildings there, surely there must be something learned form that ?
Indeed; it will be a chapter in my PhD. Had we kept a few more of our old buildings in Auckland and 'repurposed' them, we might have a less alienating city today.
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True, it's an award for a certain type of literature, just as many 'music' competitions are never going to be won by hip hop, electro or rock styles, only cello and pianoforte performances darling.
Why should that be of any concern?
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What really gets up my nose is the idea that "literary culture" is some pristine club that has to be protected from the grubby proles.
Did anybody say that?
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if it merely rewards the best novel (not-sf) it should change the claims it makes.
What about Horror, Romance, Thrillers, Westerns and any other genre? What is so special about SF?