[lit-ideas] Re: Fw: Shock Art
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:06:39 -0500
JL:
>>I suppose your favourite was the Swedish twins impersonating Castorra and
>>Polluxa as an attempt to turn male-based Greek mythology a
>>"feminism-digestible" thing.<<
Good guess, but no cigar. My favorite shock art is daily life in Memphis.
"Holy Shit!" Walter would say if he ever came here, "These people are fucking
crazy." But it's all metaphor, of course, for the human condition.
>>Remember that student -- where was she? Kenya? She brought her _grandmother_
>>to the show, and had her, naked, recite from the Koran!<<
No, she was from Kentucky, but it's an easy mistake to make. An interesting
program that was.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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Subject: Shock Art
Geary: you *have* to let the folks on this forum know about the Ministry of
Metaphysics _summer semester_ on 'shock art'. Remember that student -- where
was she? Kenya? She brought her _grandmother_ to the show, and had her, naked,
recite from the Koran!
And then there was that boy -- was he South American -- who would recite in
American Native Indian language from the pages of the Apocalypse while combing
his dark hair with an ivory comb.
I suppose your favourite was the Swedish twins impersonating Castorra and
Polluxa as an attempt to turn male-based Greek mythology a
"feminism-digestible" thing.
Mine _has_ to be that Scottish professor of the St. Patrick Society (was he)
who would hold his ukelele and recite, "And a look in his eye seemed to say to
the sky ..." complete with chorus!
I also had fun with R. Emeritus Paul as member of the jury. He always had the
last final word, "unappealable", as you said!
Cheers,
JL
In a message dated 7/18/2008 3:56:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rpaul@xxxxxxxx writes:
> Those who are behind in their reading about Dutch performance art begin
> here, "Like terrorists, I work with the elements of shock and
> disorientation. The big difference is the scale...The big difference is
> that unlike terrorists, I'm not aiming for fear"
All sorts and conditions
of famous logicians
came hurrying round
at a run...
R. Paul,
channeling
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