Sol Nte wrote:
> well, that's it for me, I'm off to do some kung fu fighting
> http://www.uncarved.demon.co.uk/mp3/kungfu.mp3
>
Dear Fluxabbies,
So I've been going to the fights lately, a new boxing gym in town right near
where my dad used to box, and finding that I love it. Folding chairs around a
ring on the 3rd floor of an old warehouse. Really adorable ring-card girls. Both
men and women serious boxers. I like it because, being an artist and a critic, I
get sick of judgment, mine, other peoples', carping, etc. In boxing there's no
arguments. You win or you lose depending upon a couple of real clear parameters
that you can't fake or charm or imply. You just have to do it. So that's nice.
So I hear that Horton, the promoter here, wants to put together a team of
boxers to go to Iceland, where boxing is illegal, and put on exhibition matches
there sort of in aid of the beleagered Icelandic boxing world (because yes there
are boxers in Iceland) which feels like it needs liberation. So I'm wondering if
a document of my training, boxing, and trip to iceland would be a good
Fluxproject? I'm actually not in bad shape--I can still do my 200 situps and my
30 pushups, and run a few miles--and so it isn't too much of a stretch. I'd
probably get creamed though because I'm small and so my reach isn't great. What
do you think? Is the absurdity of the project ample reward for a few shots to
the head?
AK
By the way, re an earlier project proposal, I've recently been asked to join
VACUM, the Visual Art Critics Union of Minnesota (a new group) and will try to
persuade them to start a softball team, the Pariahs. So maybe that's how I can
get the TShirts up and paid for. We'll see.
