Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Francisco Torres
It reminds me of JG Ballard commenting on the guy who was sent to jail for pointing a toy gun at the Queen. Ballard said it was the ultimate simulacrum, a make believe attempt on a make believe monarch... On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Mariya Nikiforova mar...@radonlake.comwrote: Real Snow

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Francisco Torres
This is the quote I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead -- the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol! http://www.quoteland.com/quote/J-G-Ballard-Quotes/26948/ -*J. G. Ballard

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread David Tetzlaff
I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead -- the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol! Or evidence for Baudrillard's claim that such coul-be differences don't make a difference anymore. Is conceptual art still possible in the

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Gawthrop, Rob
And there was Francis Alys' re-enactments twin screen video where he bought a gun and bullets and paraded down the street with it until arrested. He then re-enacted it with police collaboration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Ty4TTAX48 Rob On 07/03/2014 15:26, Francisco Torres

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Francisco Torres
And there was Francis Alys' re-enactments twin screen video where he bought a gun and bullets and paraded down the street with it until arrested. He then re-enacted it with police collaboration. In some places (like in my country) you could be killed by the po-lice for less On Fri, Mar 7,

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Francisco Torres
''The problem with 'The Matrix' as cultural commentary is it's assertion that a Red Pill could actually exist.'' Hollywood wants us to believe in the red pill and such. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Francisco Torres fjtorre...@gmail.comwrote: And there was Francis Alys' re-enactments twin

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread john tuzcu
yes francisco! don't know what country you were referring to, but in amerika if you're black or brown and doing this kind of thing you would be gunned down immediately by the cops if racist vigilantes didn't kill you first... On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Francisco Torres

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread graeme hogg
I wonder, isnt the red pill actually God, from a certain viewpoint, re: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/03/hollywoods-hidden-hostility-to-atheism.html ''The problem with 'The Matrix' as cultural commentary is it's assertion that a Red Pill could actually exist.'' Hollywood

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Francisco Torres
I live in Puerto Rico, according to the US DOJ PR is the US jurisdiction with the most violent and corrupt police force. Worse than LA or Las Vegas. The police kills people for jaywalking. Red Pill -God Hollywood wants us to believe in God, the free market, the sanctity of mother hood,

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-07 Thread Gawthrop, Rob
It was Mexico City On 07/03/2014 20:11, Francisco Torres fjtorre...@gmail.com wrote: I live in Puerto Rico, according to the US DOJ PR is the US jurisdiction with the most violent and corrupt police force. Worse than LA or Las Vegas. The police kills people for jaywalking. Red Pill -God

Re: [Frameworks] Disney Paris imposter

2014-03-06 Thread Mariya Nikiforova
Real Snow White by Pilvi Takala! On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Mark Street mstreet...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know the name of a film (Dutch?) in which a woman impersonated a Disney character in the parking lot of Paris Disneyland, I think it was Snow White. She greeted children,