and what about the relation to manzoni? A whole gallon of canned shit from fluxlist. http://home.sprynet.com/~mindweb/maincan.htm
Freshdot Domain Name Registrations transfers $7.75 for .com, .net and .org - OUR DOMAIN NAME WHOLESALER IS RUNNING A SALE $5.95yr. FOR .BIZ AND .US THROUGH MARCH, 03 Freshdot.com Web Hosting Service Host 10 domains on one account for $12.95mo (USD) http://web-hosting.freshdot.com/ Cecil Touchon: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: FLUXLIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: FLUXLIST: message in a tupperware box > cecil writ > > >trendiness now has nothing to do with how the thing will look over time. We > >are putting 'art' in the paint can so.... I think you have to ignor the idea > >of trendiness - what's the message behind a cigar box after all? or a > >tupperware container? They are so obvious I need not mention them. > >cecil > > my point wasn't necessarily the trendy side of it, but more how a paint can is loaded - it's a fairly obvious cliche' > > when people ask me about my art, they invariably ask me what i paint - when i reply that i do not paint, i'm often faced with a blank stare - 'what? you make art but you don't paint! what do you sculpt then?' !!! > > cans have been used to package all sorts of novelty items - so i guess there's no difference in putting art in them. but i still thing that a paint can is too specific - over time it still remains a paint can. as far as the effect of accumulating finger prints etc - then that may make the can a piece in its own right - the contents are no longer that necessary, they are certainly not related to the process being undertaken by the ageing of the can. > > what is the obvious message behind a box? a cigar box even - i may or not contain cigars, i may have contained cigars - winston churchill smoked cigars, and he was a painter, as was his great enemy adolf hitler. > > see we're back to the painters again! > > i just think that a paint can is too obvious, and a little twee - > > but, this after all, is only an opinion > > cin cin > > alan > >
