Sunday, June 25, 2006

The Plague of Language

so, product placement, the connoisseur of the art of valuing: as art theft ranks third amongst property crimes, we begin to suspect that arts main function is to facilitate money laundering. and as ninetythree percent of art thefts remain unrecovered, we have then proof. (logic: i know that the poor are terrorists. i mean ask anyone, language is what you do when you can�t. its a last resort. and yes, All media are forms of therapy, its just that Some (the being an object of art) are more Ethereal, more Portable, more suited to the vagrant refugee..)
from you know, the thing by Chris Mann, new sound and text piece at dispatx

"Language is the mechanism whereby you understand what I'm thinking better than I do. (Where 'I' is defined by those changes for which I is required)" - Chris Mann

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is indeed a trove. beautifull graphics, sensible interface, humourous, and at the same time: to the point.
thank for the links. dispatx's a pleasure!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:16:00 am  
Blogger Steven Ball said...

Yes it's good isn't it. I came to it via the link to the Chris Mann piece. I think he's one of the most interesting language based artist/writer/performer around. If you ever get the chance to see him perform do so, it's thrilling and utterly captivating.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:24:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

right. it's amazing...
have now used some time to rummage through dispatx.
It's the most sensible site i have seen in a long time. sharp, focused and very, very inspiring.
this is indeed web.02 taking off...

high quality, and in many ways, pointing to a new awareness of artistic issues put in a much more metaphysical, social context.
a fine awareness to assessing the world, both from haptic, holistic angles, yet being able to assemble the small pieces into a larger conglomerate; a fine didactic approach, so different from the high strung philosophical cover-ups customary dispensed... ah! what a relief...
thanks again for this link!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:37:00 pm  
Blogger Steven Ball said...

Sam, you should direct your praise to dispatx!

Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:22:00 am  

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