They used some Richie Hawtin in that episode too - I think Psyk or one of
those postmodern vampire movie theme-type techno tracks from Artifakts [BC]
(this is not a diss on Hawtin at all, but some of his Plastikman stuff can
sound so 'bloodless' and frigid in its austerity and starkness, I think of
vampires and the walking dead, X-Files stuff). It was an ace programme - you
could see the parallels between the music and art. It unwittingly
contextualised techno as more than just 'dance' music. It's funny how all
those debates in the art world, like 'is he a sell-out?', inevitably also
rise in this very forum! It dealt with themes like the commodification of
art and how this can be negotiated/subverted by the artists. The surrealist
Salvador Dali was featured heavily in that episode, as was that cat Jeff
Koons, who does this kitsch and campy stuff - making an art out of cuteness
and novelty (he did that giant kitten with daisies back in the 80s), which
is very clever. It was also one of the few art series that acknowledged
graffiti as art. It infuriated me, but didn't surprise me, when Robert
Hughs' series on American art excluded this. Modern Art was intellectual but
less elitist as it moved beyond the high/low dichotomy.

>I was watching the final episode "This Is Modern Art: The Shock 
>Of The Now (Oxford TV/Channel 4) last week on ABC TV (the 
>Australian ABC not the US one). 
>
>And i the last final minutes of the show when they were talking 
>about the future of modern art + Jeff MIll's 'i9' - was playing!
>very appropriate i thought..
>
>anybody else have any anecdotes involving 313 tracks on tv 
>programs/movies i remember a discussion a while back (like 2 
>tyeas ago) about this sort of thing.
>
>Dave

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