It was really fantastic and the installation was far more imaginative than anything I’ve seen in Chelsea in probably the past year.

Congrats again Borna

The title of the review alone is negative and leaves the impression that the general public doesn’t like this type of installation, so I don’t know how you can say it was “incredibly positive.”

Although somewhat jokey, Karen saying “Only in New York City do I try to buy a High Def TV and I walk into a fucking art opening!” gives the impression it did not go over that well with the average Joe.

Stop taking Magda’s comment personally. She has a point.

The review was incredibly positive while noting the obvious disparate and potentially conflicting framework of placing art in a consumer, non-art space environment. As a video artist I’ve often imagined how interesting and confrontational it would be to take over a store like this.

Karen, why do you have to keep defending yourself against this type of response, I wonder..?

Thanks for your comment. It seems to be overlooked that there’s a certain amount of humor to that post, rather than “insular superiority.” Admittedly I made a bit of a cliche joke about New Yorkers being annoyed with an art show in a technology retail store–this was NOT, however, meant to bifurcate those at the store into a “superior art world” group and “idiotic non-art New Yorkers” group. In fact, I would be completely annoyed if I showed up at Best Buy (or anywhere else) trying to purchase something in a quick, convenient manner with a group of 100 sweaty art kids in my way. This was also part of the exhibition’s charm–Sammak really tried something new, and the support he received from the new media community proved it successful in at least one regard.