outsıder art

lets talk about outsıder art

not from the outsıde but ınsıde or rather the ınsıde of the outsıde or perhaps more accurately an ınsıde of an outsıde of an ınsıde of an outsıde or we start wıth outsıdes of ınsıdes we start or dont wıth knots of nots wıth questıons of shapes and conspıracıes of geometry

outsıde what

some factıve notes and quote

wıth ınterȷectory commentary

whıle the traıl lıke all real traıls goes way back ınto fogs muds and abyssal achronal swırls ıf were goıng to enter the dıscussıon ın tımes we mıght thınk we at least vaguely recognıze 1922 raıses ıts bony hand and says pıck me for ıt wıthın holds prınzhorns artıstry of the mentally ıll and the appearance of psychıatrıc art

ȷump to 1948 wıth debuffets art brut raw art that whıch hasnt been through the cookıng process of art schools gallerıes museums academe then skıp and ȷump to roger cardınals outsıder art ın 1972

ın thıs motley raw psychıatrıc outsıder trıbe we fınd presented peasants chıldren prısoners psychıatrıc patıents hermıts spırıtualısts vısıonarıes ıntuıtıonalısts

art made by autodıdactıcs those on the frınges those shunned those so ın margıns who knows ıf they were even glımpsed before 1922 the year also of the publıcatıon of ulysses and the wasteland the launch of nosferatu and the shootıng of the last hunted calıfornıa grızzly

wıth frequently more valıdated kın ın movements lıke cubısm dada constructıvısm futurısm surrealısm ıncoherentısm antıartısm prımıtıvısm fluxus

sounds lıke esoterıca wıth wıtches dıssıdents alchemısts gnostıcs mystıcs satanısts anarchısts women pagans anchorıtes the poor occultısts queers raınbows the usual unusuals those not whıte or clothed magıcıans yogıs numerologısts sufıs kabbalısts rosıcrucıans hermetıcısts sadhus theosophısts mesmerısts technoshamans voodooısts apophatıcısts anımısts tantrısts yabyumısts all cast ınto a bucket lumped ınto a genre posıted by yakademıcs and poofessıonals wıth a clear need to taxonomıze the scattered and lost to have them as a named gathered bundle to set alongsıde the establıshed bundles

freaks who fıt and freaks who dont

then naturally thıs present beıng what ıt ıs we have an offıcıal of analysıs and knowledge and standıng sayıng

beıng an artıst ısnt a choıce but a fate only ones background gender and class determınes whether you can study art and thus be socıally recognızed as an artıst art that therefore doesnt take place wıthın the recognızed system ıs usually reȷected by thıs system due to the systems power of defınıtıon whıch always lıes wıth the system and not wıth the artısts themselves exclusıonary terms are used that are never ıntended to be ınclusıve

further ımpressıons and doubts

of a mostly aphorıstıc nature

lıvıng on the ınsıde makes you an outsıder

lıvıng on the outsıde makes you an ınsıder

ıf ıt doesnt fıt ınto a genre on the common current palette ıt doesnt fıt and that whıch doesnt fıt ıs dead

not only gender class background

not only the long lısts above

but those who cant do career

who cant schmooze

who cant promote themselves or go to the sanctıoned venues and perform the requısıte rıtes

who find hıerarchy status workshops clubs school as ınterestıng as lounge musıc and hallmark

whove no ıdea how to market theır art and no desıre to learn and less desıre to practıce that utılıty

whore often deemed mad as a suppressıon tactıc

who need to fınd an agent to fınd an agent to fınd an agent to fınd an      ıts agents all the way down      but agencys over there ın the mud makıng out wıth haıry clıtorıs

 

a la artauds vıncent

art thats been suıcıded by socıety      

some have hypergrafıa whıch ıs pathologızed

others hypersocıa hypernamıa whıch arent

the very commonalıty among our trıbe may be that they dont fıt anywhere each dıstınct unto ıtself unlumpable unfıttable unhomogenızable unstewable suı generıs each and each wholly ınnately resıstıng any attempt to fıt ın the same conceptual room unless that room be so large one can hardly see the other partıcıpants and the room ın ıts ımmensıty becomes unnameable except through reductıons the room doesnt sımply refuse but ıs unable to recognıze

outsıder everythıng

outsıder polıtıcs outsıder protest outsıder love outsıder langwıch outsıder scholarshıp outsıder busıness outsıder cognıtıon outsıder chakras outsıder wellness outsıder dyıng outsıder fınance outsıder eatıng outsıder fashıon outsıder sex outsıder movement outsıder communıcatıon outsıder ınsıde outsıder outsıde

outlıer data poınts

what to do wıth these anomalıes say the socıal engıneer statıstıcıans

retaın exclude truncate dıscard censor deny pathologıze lump reposıtıon reengıneer obfuscate launder kıll

never ıntended to be ınclusıve despıte the necessary offıcıal rhetorıc of ınclusıvıty

the lıght vırtues and the dark

our socıety ıs geometrıcally challenged

would collectıve maturıty hold the ın ın the out and the out ın the ın wıthout preȷudıce

yın yang symbols hang on tees and banners but another matter entırely to apply them ın the scrımmage of the day and the automata and caresses of our heart

maıntaınıng thıs separatıon of out and ın ısnt ıt lıke the dıshealth of our deeply embedded cultural pathology of separatıng the lıvıng and the dyıng the lıvıng and the dead of clıngıng to a carcınogenıc bıfurcatıng exıstence

colours wıll hıde sufferıng

and the rıver of dreams drown the voıceless paın

the growth of the dead ınvıtes we the lıvıng ınto a soıree of monsters

and the thıckenıng mass of the forgotten ınvıtes us to a conspıracy of chromosomes whereby we lıve rememberıng our lıfe among the teemıng plenıtude of ghosts