i thought this was charming:
'We here at EMPTY are art sluts. We like seeing your art (preferably nude with a can of baby oil!). We like all sorts of stuff... writing, designs, monkeys, illustrations, porn, paintings, photos, monkey porn, etc. We can't get enough.
So, send us your art and if we're drunk, and your lucky, we might even put it in the mag.
Send low res files only please. Any emails over 1mb will be deleted, shot, punched in the groin and then deleted again.
boo [that symbol] emptymag.com'
***
---in a strange way, everyone is right. a giant step forward is to move beyond self-righteousness.
---littering is a political act. it indicates and uncaring and insensitive action from an unthinking individual.
---a meeting can be like a stone thrown into a pond; one can never know the full implications of any meeting nor just how far hte waves will go.
---pornography is not by definition obscene.
violence is obscene..
poverty is obscene..
gross materialism is obscene..
insensitivity is obscene..
---if your grandfather kicked my grandfater in the ass, it has nothing to do with our relations. some people are still fighting old wars.
***
= all from the book Everything by Jim Haynes.
an abridged version of an essay by Jim Haynes, first published in 'Everything is! Soft Manifestos for you time.':
talking is a medium. writing is a medium. singing is a medium. drawing and painting and sculpting are mediums. theatre, dance, mime, photography, film, television, video are all mediums. anyone is capable of using any medium to transmit any kind of information to make a statement. the concept of 'Art' confuses the issue. anything transmitted through any medium is information. like it or not, it doesn't matter. to claim that those who use the two mediums - painting and sculpture - are the principle producers of 'Art' is absurd.
to say that individuals who elect to make statements in this medium are 'artists' is even more foolish.
to classify certain kind of films as 'art films', certain kinds of video as 'video art', certain kinds of books as 'literature', and certain kinds of music as 'classic', is, for me, senseless and arbitrary. it suggests taht the rest is valueless and of little importance.
producing something in any medium is valuable if only to the person or persons doing it. receiving information through any medium has value if it brings anyone anything.
the concept of 'Art' grew out of a linguistic mistake, then filled the vacuum left by a growing disbeleif in religion. painters and sculptors became the High Priests. being an 'artist' or 'understanding art' gives one a special place in society. it confers sensitivity. it supposedly separates one from brute forces, the illiterate masses, and the philistines.
but this is a lie, an illusion, and a fabrication. hanging an expensive painting on your wall doesn't make you better, wiser, nicer or more sensitive. it is a conceit. it may make one feel better, more important - but you are still you - expensive painting or not. if you wish to be better, nicer, more sensitive, then be it. no amount of so-called 'Art' will help. the information produced by others is not you, only you are you.
the 'Age of Art' is over. let us now enter an 'Age of Mutual Respect'. everyone cries out for it. everyone needs it. why do we not give it ? either everyone is an 'artist' or no one is. for me, everyone is unique. everyone has their own story to tell, their own life to live, their own dreams to realise. everyone has value. we are all unique. we are each fantastic.
'art is..anything you can get away with(john cage)..as long as it's signed(andy warhol)..and someone believes it(jim haynes).'
'We here at EMPTY are art sluts. We like seeing your art (preferably nude with a can of baby oil!). We like all sorts of stuff... writing, designs, monkeys, illustrations, porn, paintings, photos, monkey porn, etc. We can't get enough.
So, send us your art and if we're drunk, and your lucky, we might even put it in the mag.
Send low res files only please. Any emails over 1mb will be deleted, shot, punched in the groin and then deleted again.
boo [that symbol] emptymag.com'
***
---in a strange way, everyone is right. a giant step forward is to move beyond self-righteousness.
---littering is a political act. it indicates and uncaring and insensitive action from an unthinking individual.
---a meeting can be like a stone thrown into a pond; one can never know the full implications of any meeting nor just how far hte waves will go.
---pornography is not by definition obscene.
violence is obscene..
poverty is obscene..
gross materialism is obscene..
insensitivity is obscene..
---if your grandfather kicked my grandfater in the ass, it has nothing to do with our relations. some people are still fighting old wars.
***
= all from the book Everything by Jim Haynes.
an abridged version of an essay by Jim Haynes, first published in 'Everything is! Soft Manifestos for you time.':
talking is a medium. writing is a medium. singing is a medium. drawing and painting and sculpting are mediums. theatre, dance, mime, photography, film, television, video are all mediums. anyone is capable of using any medium to transmit any kind of information to make a statement. the concept of 'Art' confuses the issue. anything transmitted through any medium is information. like it or not, it doesn't matter. to claim that those who use the two mediums - painting and sculpture - are the principle producers of 'Art' is absurd.
to say that individuals who elect to make statements in this medium are 'artists' is even more foolish.
to classify certain kind of films as 'art films', certain kinds of video as 'video art', certain kinds of books as 'literature', and certain kinds of music as 'classic', is, for me, senseless and arbitrary. it suggests taht the rest is valueless and of little importance.
producing something in any medium is valuable if only to the person or persons doing it. receiving information through any medium has value if it brings anyone anything.
the concept of 'Art' grew out of a linguistic mistake, then filled the vacuum left by a growing disbeleif in religion. painters and sculptors became the High Priests. being an 'artist' or 'understanding art' gives one a special place in society. it confers sensitivity. it supposedly separates one from brute forces, the illiterate masses, and the philistines.
but this is a lie, an illusion, and a fabrication. hanging an expensive painting on your wall doesn't make you better, wiser, nicer or more sensitive. it is a conceit. it may make one feel better, more important - but you are still you - expensive painting or not. if you wish to be better, nicer, more sensitive, then be it. no amount of so-called 'Art' will help. the information produced by others is not you, only you are you.
the 'Age of Art' is over. let us now enter an 'Age of Mutual Respect'. everyone cries out for it. everyone needs it. why do we not give it ? either everyone is an 'artist' or no one is. for me, everyone is unique. everyone has their own story to tell, their own life to live, their own dreams to realise. everyone has value. we are all unique. we are each fantastic.
'art is..anything you can get away with(john cage)..as long as it's signed(andy warhol)..and someone believes it(jim haynes).'
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