[spectre] Walker Art closes Media dept. and sacks Steve Dietz

[Annick Bureaud]

I agree with that. As everybody else, I was very shocked by the decision
of the Walker and I share with you the opinion about Steve Dietz quality
of work.

Eric, would you write a common message, that each of us could then send
to the Walker ? (both by email and by mail according to our different
positions).  It would be great to send it to the Trustees and the
director. I'll try to get the email addresses.

Annick

epk at xs4all.nl wrote:
> 
> Dear Sarah, Honor, et al,
> 
> I am quite sure that our actions will not change anything, but I still
> think it is important to express our concern and dismay at this decision.
> I think the best way to do this is a double bind strategy:
> 
> - Send a general message signed by a series of curators, critics and
> artists and other concerned individuals to loath this decision.
> 
> - Send a statement on behalf of our individual institutions, on our
> official letter-head to express our disappointment about this dramatic
> decision.
> 
> Steve Dietz has been doing important and invaluable work for the new media
> arts for many years, and is a highly regarded colleague. It is a shame
> that this work is now being deleted with what seems to be a single
> key-stroke, motivated by a very narrow financial concern, which does not
> do justice to the importance of his work and the position that the Walker
> Art Center formerly held within the new media field.
> 
> Eric Kluitenberg
> De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics
> Amsterdam
> 
> Sarah Cook wrote:
> > thanks to Honor for posting this...
> > i am in transit from banff - a conference on collections and museums -back
> > to england and have been, with colleagues, developing a response to the
> > Walker's decision. As some of you might know, i worked there in the visual
> > arts department...and so am particularly affected, especially given my
> > role at CRUMB of tracking the curating of new media art.
> > I will be seeing Steve Dietz this afternoon and from there will be writing
> > a letter to Walker director Kathy Halbreich, expressing the regret our
> > communities feel over this -- T.Whid [artist MTAA] has graciously offered
> > to build a site for those wishing to sign the letter - rhizomers,
> > crumbers, thing-listers, catalyst, syndicate - all these lists and others
> > will be invited to sign.
> > thanks,
> > sarah
> > (www.newmedia.sunderland.ac.uk/crumb)
> >
> 
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