The Value of the Day
The
reason why contemporary art has acquired much more value than the art
of centuries ago is because contemporary art and artists are dealing
with issues that are totally new in the history of the world. No theory,
philosophy, or body of work from the past has neither the tools, nor
the conceptual architecture to deal with, understand and give guidance
to the new realities we are facing today. The only thing we can do is to
pick up little fragments from different spheres of practices and
practitioners such economic writers, internet gurus, technology mavens,
etc. And cling to your faith and religion. What I expect to see in the
next future are states forming inside states, societies inside
societies, each with they own rules and hierarchies, with they own
frontiers, physical and otherwise. And zones of trade between them.
That doesn't mean that you are not going to be able to trace your own
route or open your own path, since it is not the lack of them but the
variety what is the issue. You will only have to chose and defend your
territory. It is in the choosing where lies the most difficult part.
Romeo and Juliette each go back to their own cell. The American dream
needs to be killed. Every Picasso sprayed painting, every Boston
bombing, every London beheading, which are not acts of faith or religion
but of plain stupidity since they don't weaken the governments but
strength them, are getting us a step closer to a surveillance society
and a new Totalitarian state.
posted by Renelio @ 5/23/2013 06:17:00 PM
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