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Kai Lossgott left a comment for Chris Fremantle"lol :D I have always found a friend in De Certeau. Its a great quote. There is a Japanese koan which says that to the expert very few options are open, for his mind is closed. It is only the beginners mind which is open. It is interesting to me in…"
"Hi Kai
I was going to add from de Certeau's discussion of the person who moves from being a Specialist to being an Expert:
"In him, the productivist law that requires a specific assignment (the condition of efficiency) and the social law…"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for Chris Fremantle"Hi Chris
I really enjoyed your blog and the issues you deal with, Goethe vs. Petronius made me smile. This network is turning out to be a pleasant surprise in the kind of people it is attracting. I feel terribly stuck here in South Africa when I…"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for Pete Harrison"Hey there
I visited your blog and am totally stoked over the poetry, since I am a performance poet and visual artist, and run a film festival of video poetry in South Africa. I love your profile picture. Where is it from?
BTW Nothing beats Cormac…"
Seoidín O'Sullivan left a comment for Kai Lossgott"Hi Kai
Ralph and I set up TACTIC here in Dublin. He's currently finishing his Phd at Trinity then moves back to Cape town. I'll be there at the end of October for research. Will check out your website now. I'm looking forward to the…"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for RSA Projects"Back today and see there's been quite a bit of growth. Very exciting! Now I can add more friends. : )"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for Seoidín O'Sullivan"Hey there
Funny I just logged on and you just joined. I'm a South African artist. Would love to hear more about TACTIC.
I couldn't access your website, but I see you are working with Ralph Borland on Tresspass, whom I have met on a…"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for Vivien Thomas"Hey there
How lucky you are. I wish I lived in an estuary and didn't have to work! : ) I'm sure you make good use of it. Yes, this is a beautiful part of the world too, and you must miss it at times, like I miss the old forests in Germany…"
Vivien Thomas left a comment for Kai Lossgott"I was born in Fish Hoek and live in the uk now. Would be lovely to hear from you - live on an estuary and try to gather as much from it in every way as I dont work and have plenty of time to appreciate its every facet. Will be doing a lot of work on…"
Kai Lossgott left a comment for RSA Projects"Thanks for the note. : ) I'm glad to be here. Have already found some inspiring things and I have just joined. I'm sure this community will grow a lot over time."
RSA Projects left a comment for Kai Lossgott"Hi Kai, thanks for joining up. Your photos are great... I promise to get around blogging about them soon."
Profile Information
- Where are you?
- Cape Town, South Africa
- What kind of work do you do?
- "In search of the body as instrument, Kai Lossgott has travelled from paper to canvas, from theatre to film, and into digital media. In his performances, poems, experimental films and plant leaf engravings, he investigates biophysical language patterns and the vulnerable instincts which drive them - silence, sensitivity and acts of sensing. In a human-centred world, his aim is most often to work from a life-centred perspective. Bored and frustrated with the grammar of conventional film, he works to transcend and re-invent its language."
- Art that made me think about things:
- Marina Abramovic's "Great Walk", Agnes Denes, Laurie Anderson, Jane Alexander's "Butcher Boys" and "Bomb Boys", James Webb, Josheph Beuys "Explaining Death to a Hare", Hundertwasser, Bill Viola "The Passing"
- Website
- http://www.kailossgott.com
- Other interests
- Meditation, Buddhism, Taoism, Yoga, Poetry, Dance, Writing, Gardening
- Best idea you've had this year
- I don't talk about those until they're finished. (To protect myself from getting the credit and not making the work, and to protect others from being accused of copying it. : ) )
Kai Lossgott's Photos
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 11:44am on August 18, 2009, RSA Projects said…
- Hi Kai, thanks for joining up. Your photos are great... I promise to get around blogging about them soon.
- At 10:13pm on August 27, 2009, Vivien Thomas said…
- I was born in Fish Hoek and live in the uk now. Would be lovely to hear from you - live on an estuary and try to gather as much from it in every way as I dont work and have plenty of time to appreciate its every facet. Will be doing a lot of work on it in the near future.
- At 12:47pm on September 15, 2009, Seoidín O'Sullivan said…
- Hi Kai
Ralph and I set up TACTIC here in Dublin. He's currently finishing his Phd at Trinity then moves back to Cape town. I'll be there at the end of October for research. Will check out your website now. I'm looking forward to the trip. My website is asleep here is a recent interview that will give you a better idea of my art practice and interests: http://blog.art21.org/2009/05/29/inside-the-artists-studio-seoidin-osullivan/
Maybe see you in Cape town?
Seoidín
- At 1:33pm on September 15, 2009,
Chris Fremantle said…
- Hi Kai
I was going to add from de Certeau's discussion of the person who moves from being a Specialist to being an Expert:
"In him, the productivist law that requires a specific assignment (the condition of efficiency) and the social law that requires circulation (the form of exchange) enter into contradiction. To be sure, a specialist is more and more often driven to also be an Expert, that is, an interpreter and translator of his competence for other fields. ... They do it through a curious operation which "converts" competence into authority. Competence is exchanged for authority. Ultimately, the more authority the Expert has, the less competence he has, up to the point where his fund of competence is exhausted, like the energy necessary to put a mobile into movement."
Events
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The First Gallery, Southampton
June 15, 2013 from 6pm to 7pm – Southampton
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