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Strategy is the Status Quo

Strategy is the Status Quo STRATEGY IS THE STATUS QUO Samuel Nigro [The following letter was written to Larry Qualls, Associate Editor of PAJ, on June 1, 2001.] Dear Larry, I would like to write an article for PAJ. . . . Unabashedly, the piece is about STRATEGY in art. The crafting and implementing of any strategy imply positions on Ideology, Morality, Propaganda, and Coercion. These are not always fully realized by the crafter, but are usually discussed, if only indirectly, when trying to identify a strategy. The article will be seven different strategies to explain one artistic piece, The Command List: • • • • • Request—this letter The Command List—adapted to the proportions of this journal Synopsis—similar to a scientific abstract. Short and to the point Image—A visual explanation: broken stone; elaborate structure Context—past artistic strategies, including Richard Serra’s Verb List and The Guerrilla Girls • Relevance—a raw rhetorical justification • Story—an autobiographical story reflecting a similar tension within The Command List This format may raise more questions than it answers. Good. I am not interested in purporting another Grand Mythology or Utopian Vision with my efforts. It is my hope to investigate the contradictions and reflexive aspects of all strategies, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art MIT Press

Strategy is the Status Quo

Nigro, Samuel
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art , Volume 25 (1) – Jan 1, 2003
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Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 2003 Samuel Nigro
Subject
Art Survival Strategies
ISSN
1520-281X
eISSN
1537-9477
DOI
10.1162/152028103321658283
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STRATEGY IS THE STATUS QUO Samuel Nigro [The following letter was written to Larry Qualls, Associate Editor of PAJ, on June 1, 2001.] Dear Larry, I would like to write an article for PAJ. . . . Unabashedly, the piece is about STRATEGY in art. The crafting and implementing of any strategy imply positions on Ideology, Morality, Propaganda, and Coercion. These are not always fully realized by the crafter, but are usually discussed, if only indirectly, when trying to identify a strategy. The article will be seven different strategies to explain one artistic piece, The Command List: • • • • • Request—this letter The Command List—adapted to the proportions of this journal Synopsis—similar to a scientific abstract. Short and to the point Image—A visual explanation: broken stone; elaborate structure Context—past artistic strategies, including Richard Serra’s Verb List and The Guerrilla Girls • Relevance—a raw rhetorical justification • Story—an autobiographical story reflecting a similar tension within The Command List This format may raise more questions than it answers. Good. I am not interested in purporting another Grand Mythology or Utopian Vision with my efforts. It is my hope to investigate the contradictions and reflexive aspects of all strategies,

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Published: Jan 1, 2003

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