Tag Archives: 2011
IT’S A TRAP! US TERROR INC
25 Aug
IT’S A TRAP! (U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & “THE WAR ON TERROR”) WORK-IN-PROGRESS 2011
IT’S A TRAP! IS AN AMBITIOUS SITE SPECIFIC ASSEMBLAGE INVESTIGATING DECEPTION & PROPAGANDA TACTICS UTILIZED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. TACTICS & STRATEGIES STILL UTILIZED LARGELY UNCHANGED TO THIS DAY. IN 2000 READING THE PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, HOW THESE BEHAVIORS ARE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MASQUERADE BEHIND THE IDEOLOGIES OF FREEDOM & FALSE DEMOCRACY.
THE VEIL BETWEEN SCIENCE FICTION AND SCIENCE FACT IS AN INTERESTING VEIL, HOW PROPAGANDA CAN BE USED TO CREATE THE CULTURE IT SEEKS CONTROL. BRAVE NEW WORLD WAS SCIENCE FICTION, IT IS NOW FACT. THE INTERVIEW W/ ALDOUS HUXLEY IN 1958 ILLUMINATES THESE THEMES.
SO I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE SEEN THE INFOMERCIALS ABOUT THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SEPT 11TH, THIS ART PIECE IS ONE SMALL WAY, THIS BLOG POST ANOTHER. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THE SAME TRICK HAS BEEN USED REPEATEDLY, EFFICIENTLY, UNDER OUR NOSES.
ADMIRAL AKBAR WAS INTENTIONALLY GIVEN DISINFORMATION, LEADING TO THOUSANDS OF DEATHS
10 YEARS LATER, IN THE WORDS OF OUR LEADER, OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN DEFEATED, JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED. BUT WAIT! NOW THE TARGET CONVENIENTLY CHANGES & WHAT IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING IS THE PROFILE HAS ALREADY BEEN DRAWN UP. THE WAR ON TERROR IS A MASSIVE PSY-OP CAMPAIGN, WHICH NOW CHANGES THE KEYWORDS FROM “TERRORIST” TO “INSURGENT“
THE MONEY MONEY GAMES
24 Aug
PREDATORY PRACTICES – THEORY VS PRACTICE
THE INTERNET HOLDS ALL THE ANSWERS. A QUICK IMAGE SEARCH ON “MONEY” REVEALED THE WORK OF 924 ALUMNI, LONDON BASED ARTIST JUSTINE SMITH. THE LINK WAS ACTUALLY AN ARTICLE CALLED BOOST THE ECONOMY WITH MONEY ART BY DIANA EID, WITH NO IMAGE CREDIT TO JUSTINES’ WORK (WHO’S IMAGES WERE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS POST). IS JUSTINE ENTITLED TO ANY OF THE EARNINGS? QUESTION FROM A 5 SECOND INTERNET SEARCH.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SESSIONS
14 Aug
THE DAYS OF PRODUCTION LINE EDUCATION ARE NUMBERED! BIG UP TO ERICA GOLDSON, WHO ELOQUENTLY BREAKS DOWN THE MACHINATIONS OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. WATCH THE ADMINISTRATORS BEHIND HER, AS THEY TURN FROM SMILES, TO DISCOMFORT, TO UTTER DREAD. THE PRIZE STUDENT JUST WOKE UP & FLIPPED THE SCRIPT & PRESENTED HER OWN CHALLENGE.
🎨 BACK TO (ART) SCHOOL🎨
12 Aug
“DEGREES AREN’T WORTH ANYTHING” SIR KEN ROBINSON
YALE SCHOOL OF ART 2011/2012 TUITION – $32,500 (per year)
YALE SCHOOL OF ART 2017/2018 TUITION – $41,000 (per year)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 2011/2012 TUITION -$41,700 (per year)
Arts education and creative thinking are paramount subjects if we want a generation to be able to think on their feet. Yet Arts funding is generally the first thing to go when budget cuts happen in school, it’s more than just creative thinking, its also visual literacy, being able to break down what it is exactly that you are seeing, and the myriad of filters that alter our perceptions of reality, and understanding things in terms of context. When you hit this threshold you can analyze the structures you are observing and interacting with. Any subject with a complex history will develop its own in language that can seem exclusive, the Art World is no exception. The Art Game is one of Smoke and Mirrors. A strictly guarded club of insiders and cultural gatekeepers, based on a pretext of institutional keywords. A shortlist of “prestigious institutions” that validate a level of acceptable education. Yet it’s value is realistically indeterminable .
There is a movement in progress which aims to demystify the creative AND critical processes surrounding art, breaking the veil of smoke and mirrors, and in the process expand, and continue arts ever changing dialogue.
A fantastic example is BAD AT SPORTS , a contemporary art podcast, with an archive of 300+ Artist interviews and counting. The interviews provide a window not only into the artists practice, language, references, and world, but also their interactions with the Art World, their triumphs and failures, the poetic and the mundane. The journeys are revelations, and do not require any knowledge of the artist or their practice to benefit from these truly insightful conversations. Some memorable interviews; Mark Bradford, Tania Bruguera , John Herschend , Ebony G. Patterson , Wendy White , Hennessey Youngman.
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