[The title refers to this post, which new readers will need for background.]
by Jerome du Bois
Artist Hiedi Hesse has apparently declined to address our questions about Jon Haddock’s recent slide presentation, which dishonored 9/11/01 at WTC among other tragedies, and why she didn’t have any problem with it. She had previously emailed a response to us about another story which had another disagreeable truth she didn’t want to look at; the response simply said “remove please” in the subject line. (Probably because Kathleen Thomas of Studio LoDo told her to.) So we didn’t bother her thereafter; but we felt, in this piece, that we had to, in the interest of fairness, give her notice. So we did. The response: “REMOVE PLEASE” in the subject line. Nothing else, except directions to her website.
I have no idea if Ms. Hesse read our remarks, but I do remember hers from her facile and insensitive “U.S. Citizen Handbook” presentation. The word “vacillation,” which she used about herself, comes to mind: she’s wondering whether to become a US citizen. Word of advice to Heidi Hesse: don’t bother. We need people with backbone here.
Curator John Spiak has, I believe, blocked our IP address and joined ASU Professor Neal Lester -- another academic obsessed with hair -- in a spidey hole. At least, we got bounced when we emailed him on the zombie story; we never got bounced before. And nothing since. Somebody else with only virtual backbone. Our questions stand.
Jon Haddock: The culprit at the center. Zero response. We’re pretty sure he’s been keeping up with the discussion, but we have no idea. It’s all-stop-quit-quiet with him, and has been from the beginning.
For the rest of the silent ones out there in Scottsdale, Phoenix, the fat and sassy Valley of the Sun: let’s not forget that the discussion began with an image that no one besides us so far has challenged, not even Haddock’s hosts at Rhodes College in Memphis; Rhodes.edu, who checked in again this morning.
This image. Never forget.
[I have posted my response to Franklin Einspruch -- who is not silent -- on this subject in the comments, below his, to All You Zombies Read This.]
Posted by Jerome at January 20, 2004 05:53 PM | TrackBack