“... became an artist to experiment on money” tired of sitting in chairs you are an empire death-haunted like beckett demanding frisson the derrière-garde who decides what you can see can’t stand the sight (such a bourgeois phrasing can you even spell bourgeois?) then the application crashes through tubes & tunnels crumbles without fiction to prop fill us with lighting “we’re all made in china” the derrière-garde tired of sitting in chairs to experiment on money like beckett who decides what you can see you even spell bourgeois boojwah then we’re toast the application crashes without fiction what you can see can’t stand became an artist to show off your fans to prop death-haunted video stills attest a last chance to a disproved theory “we’re all made in china” you are an empire phrasing the ultimate compliment became an artist to ward us off
Notes:
“u became an artist to experiment on money” – Donna Kuhn, from ‘formaldehyde snakes’
“boojwah” suggested by Paul Squires.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
monetise (2009)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
i like to spell 'bourgeois', 'boojwah'. It seems appropriately less pretentiously french. There is a fascinating mish mash of ideas in this quote. One for long term contemplation perhaps.
ReplyDelete'boojwah'... hehe, actually I might incorporate that if you don't mind; I can see where it would fit in this piece.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback. :)
Is there a certain Dana Guthrie Martin influence in your work Stu? Feel free to incorporate my idea, I do appreciate correct attribution though.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul, your idea has been incorporated and duly attributed(!)
ReplyDeleteDana and I collaborated on a remix exchange, where I remixed Dana's poem 'Suite', and she remixed 'First Seven Sevens'.
I'm sure engaging with Dana's work influenced me in some way. I'd be intrigued to find out what led you to consider that possibility, though. I'd say I'm influenced by many, many writers, but in some pieces, whether consciously or not, I may end up echoing the voice of a particular writer. It often depends what I've been reading around the time of composition.
I was just playing. I saw Dana on your blogroll and your collaborations. Just pretending to be smarter than I am. Friday afternoon, beer o'clock, woohoo.
ReplyDeleteArt business is a system based on jelousy. In it, artworks desire to became objects of desire. Then it's rivals appear, wanting to be wanted themselves. The longing for desire is what them beautifull.
ReplyDeleteDamn china.
The 'business of art' kind of repulses me. But at the same time, like many things that repulse me, it attracts my interest as a reader and writer. The processes of desire interest me.
ReplyDelete"I distinguish between a component of the arts that's purely aesthetic and a component that's tied to status (and money), and I think a lot of virtuosity -- the avant garde, the cutting edge, inaccessible art, sheer sumptuosity -- may be in the service of the pursuit of status. And of course the pursuit of status is in part a kind of courtship -- although probably not exclusively for courtship, because people pursue status to help out their family and to have networks of allies to preserve their physical well-being in the presence of enemies."
ReplyDeleteWhich text are you quoting from? It sounds familiar...
ReplyDeleteIt is from mr steven pinker stu. the lingust
ReplyDelete