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BlankSleazy Art Meetings (3)
Coming Out to Play
I've always wanted to do something a bit more daring artistically, but my g=
allerist is rather conservative. Sure I've thought about dumping the uptigh=
t neurotic but he's such a good catch and I kinda want to hang on to him an=
d the shows are happening. Still, I need excitement and fresh input and I d=
on't' ever want the gallerist to get any hint that I might be subverting hi=
m, so I turned to the radical 'Agit-Art Service' in hope of finding a discr=
ete underground artist to satisfy my needs.
I didn't bother to put up an ad, I just replied to who had ads up themselve=
s on the 'Agit-Art Service' system. The first one I met was this cool guy w=
ho said he'd be willing to explore non institutionalized concepts with me a=
nywhere. Anywhere I thought…mmm, we had a brief chat online then arranged=
to meet.
He was trendy and obviously quite well known in his field and wanted discre=
tion so we decided to meet at a park on the other side of the city. He was =
a cute looking art activist and nice to be with, but as soon as we met he h=
is mobile rang and it seemed to be from a fellow activist. Him and the pers=
on on the other end of the phone dicussed various art strategies. As we wer=
e getting closer to each other I thought it was of the radical idea of spic=
e up our lives. I undid his reactionary angst and pulled out his agenda.
I proceeded to re-invent Plato's Pharmacy while he talked to his fellow art=
activist friend who seemed female to me, and he had a tough time not letti=
ng her onto what was going on. When he got off the phone he fell to the gro=
und and I continued to make a very close reading of the Phaedrus to him as =
he proclaimed that what I was doing was incredible. Then we did it, I slid =
his crucial Platonic distinction into my pharmakon and we continued to expl=
ore various 'art rule' gibberings that had been implimented by language bas=
ed 'gate keepers', from institutions out in the open.
People off in the distance could see what we were up to and watched us as w=
e pro-actively explored new conceptions with each other, but no one venture=
d near to us. We wound up caught in an endless play of differences, differe=
nces between signs, and differences within signs in the back of his jeep an=
d finally I deconstructed his theoretical load. What an experience, and whe=
n we parted we made a promise to do it again sometime. I think we both are =
going to try and deconstruct a few more culturalized ideas, there are just =
so many to choose from and so little time.
marc garrett
http://www.furtherfield.org
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=3>Sleazy Art Meetings
(3)<BR></FONT><BR><U>Coming Out to Play</U> </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR></BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT size=2><STRONG>I've always wanted to do
something a bit more daring artistically, but my gallerist i=
s
rather conservative. Sure I've thought about dumping the uptight
neurotic but he's such a good catch and I kinda want to hang on to him=
and
the shows are happening. Still, I need excitement and fresh
input and I don't' ever want the gallerist to get any h=
int
that I might be subverting him, so I turned to the radical 'Agit-Art=
</STRONG><STRONG>Service' in hope of finding a discrete undergrou=
nd
artist to satisfy my needs. <BR><BR>I didn't bother to put up an =
ad, I
just replied to who had ads up themselves on the 'Agit-Art
<STRONG>Service'</STRONG> system. The first one I met was this cool guy who=
said
he'd be willing to explore non institutionalized concepts with me anywhere.=
Anywhere I thought…mmm, we had a brief chat online then arranged to
meet.<BR><BR>He was trendy and obviously quite well known in his field=
and
wanted discretion so we decided to meet at a park on the other side of the =
city.
He was a cute looking art activist and nice to be with, but as soon as we m=
et he
his mobile rang and it seemed to be from a fellow activist. Him a=
nd
the person on the other end of the phone dicussed various art
strategies. As we were getting closer to each other I thought it=
was of the radical idea of spice up our lives. I undid
his reactionary angst and pulled out his agenda. <BR><BR>I procee=
ded
to re-invent Plato's Pharmacy while he talked to his fellow art=
activist friend who seemed female to me, and he had a tough time not=
letting her onto what was going on. When he got off the phone he fell to th=
e
ground and I continued to make a very close reading of the Phaedrus to him =
as he
proclaimed that what I was doing was incredible. Then we did it, I slid his=
crucial Platonic distinction</STRONG> <STRONG>into my pharmakon and
we continued to explore various 'art rule' gibberings that h=
ad
been implimented by language based 'gate keepers', from
institutions out in the open. <BR><BR>People off in the distance could=
see
what we were up to and watched us as we
pro-actively explored new conceptions with each other, but no one vent=
ured
near to us. We wound up caught in an endless play of differences, differenc=
es
between signs, and differences within signs in the back of his jeep and fin=
ally
I deconstructed his theoretical load. What an experience, and when we=
parted we made a promise to do it again sometime. I think we both are going=
to
try and deconstruct a few more culturalized ideas</STRONG><STRONG>, th=
ere
are just so many to choose from and so little time.
</STRONG></FONT></BIG></BIG></DIV>
<DIV><BIG><BIG><STRONG></STRONG></BIG></BIG> </DIV>
<DIV><BIG><BIG><FONT size=2><STRONG>marc garrett<BR></STRONG><A
href="http://www.furtherfield.org"><STRONG>http://www.furtherfield.org</S=
TRONG></A></FONT></BIG></BIG></DIV></DIV>
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