ACTUALLY
ART TODAY IS REACHING A FAR WIDER AUDIENCE, BUT ONLY AT THE
COST OF ITS SOUL. ART BECOMES A PART OF THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
AND FUNCTIONS AS A SIGN OF CULTURAL PRIVILEGE AMONG MANY OTHER
SIGNS
constructivism
is the socialism of the image / liberalism is the capitalism
of the image
the
very success of the arts has been a failure TO
SAY IT BLUNTLY, THE MAIN OBJECTION THAT WE ARE RAISING ABOUT
ART IS THAT IT NO LONGER PLAYS AN ARTISTIC ROLE ALSO EVEN FROM
A REVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
THE
DANGER OF GLOBALISATION SEEMS TO BE TO HAVE NO PERSPECTIVE IN
THE CULTURAL SENSE
WHEN
ARTISTS WILL DEAL WITH MACHINES THEY HAVE TP PENETRATE THE SOFTWARES
THE ANONIMITY OF THE PROGRAMMERS NOW IS POWERFUL AND THEY ARE
THE PEOPLE OF THE COMPANIES THEY ARE PROTECTED BY THE BODYGUARDS
GLOBALISATION
IS A MAJOR CATASTROPHY ... IT IS THE CATASTROPHY OF CATASTROPHS
HE CLOSING OF THE WORLD ON IT SELF THROUGH SPEED, THE VELOCITY
OF THE IMAGES, THE RAPIDITY OF TRANSPORTATION. WE LIVE IN A
WORLD FORECLOSED, CLOSED OFF. THE GLOBALISATION IS THE WORLD
BECOMING TOO SMALL...
THE
WORLD OF RENAISSANCE GAVE RISE TO WELTANSCHAUNG, A VISION OF
THE WORLD. BUT WHAT ABOUT US? WE HAVE GLOBALISATION WITHOUT
VISION, WITHOUT A WAY TO FOCUS OUTSIDE THE FOCUS OF THE MACHINES,
AND THE MACHINES WORK ALL BY THEMSELVES
HERE
WE DISCOVER THE OBJECT THAT MAY ACQUIRE SENSATIONS THAT PERCEIVES,
THAT FEELS AND THAT REACTS. AS AN ENTITY IT IS NOT A ROBOT...OTHERWISE
AN ARTIST WITHIN THE MECHANICAL STRUCTURE IS OVERHELMING