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Left by Ichibot Nishi on June 27th, 2008

amy, that’s making me really sad. and it’s such a loss for BiW. how could this happen?

Left by selavy on June 27th, 2008

[0:38] Amy Freelunch: Call an ambulance! Man down.
[0:38] Monet Destiny: What?

Left by selavy on June 27th, 2008

I’m very upset and about this. Amy is such a huge part of what makes BiW special and I always looked forward to her consistently insightful, intelligent and entertaining observations here and in the podcast.

I doubt very much if Stephen Venkman will be aware of the interview that Amy has published because he has never had even the slightest interest in BiW or the wider issues of censorship. At the slightest whiff of criticism he walked away from an opportunity to contribute towards a serious debate. But enough about him.

Amy, I hope that you will be able to return to BiW in some capacity one day, you are much appreciated and respected by many people.

“So long and thanks for all the fish.”

Left by Arahan Claveau on June 27th, 2008

what?? wait… I just got here… noooo…. dammit… sighs… grumbles… shuffles off kicking at the ground.

Left by Hollow Prim on June 27th, 2008

i’m very sad to see Amy go, as she knows, and I am hopeful she will return at a later time – the most important thing for me is that we’re still friends.

This blog is now getting 1,000 page views a day (i just looked at the stats after not looking for a few weeks and was floored — that is double what it was a few weeks ago) and I know that a huge part of it is because of the very thoughtful critique that Amy has been giving to the work on BiW. I’m going to do everything i can fill Amy’s shoes and keep the level of the critique up at the high benchmark she created.

As i write this, i’m partway done preparing podcast episode 16, which is one of the best ones we’ve ever had (IMHO)… I’m really curious to see what everyone thinks of it, i hope that you’ll see it as evidence that BiW is still alive and kicking and will continue to kick. Ok- back to work- i’ll get this thing posted later this morning.

— OH and one other thing- arahan- your comments about Stephen Venkman there– he really did just kinda leave, didn’t he? rather than engage… and its a little disappointing — but i guess this kind of environment is not for everyone – i hope he’ll listen to the podcast because Tyler Coburn just nailed what is a really important conflict in his work having to do with the aestheticization of some of the images.

And just to explain one thing- I invited Venkman to put his stuff up and he sent me a texture and I rezzed a prim to put it on – which nobody saw becuase very soon after- he came and prettied up what i’d done- added a border, etc. i really didn’t think about the difference that it made that i actually helped him put those images up in that way- which i’ve not done for anyone else – and which kinda of (as don says in this podcast i’m about to release) goes against the whole spirit of BIW- so I’m not ever going to do that again- the rule of this sim should be anyone can put up whatever they want, but they have to do it themselves and that way the have to know what they are getting themselves into:

they’re getting themselves into a space where we’re going to critique the work as art and not pull any punches and other artist can respond to their work however they want and that is just how it is.

ok now i’m really getting back to that podacst- it’ll be up soon!

Left by jvanb on June 27th, 2008

I will miss you, Amy. I enjoyed your thoughtful comments on the art, and the insights into art history and theory that you brought to them. I cannot possibly fill your shoes, though I will continue to do what I can to keep people informed about the works at BiW.

Be well, and be happy in whatever you choose to do.

Left by Shirley Marquez on June 27th, 2008