[-empyre-] laws, outlaws & golden pirates

[Simon Biggs]

The appropriation of radical practices by the mainstream is the first step
in normalisation. This process is key to assuring the success of capitalism.
We see it with experimental artistic practices being assimilated into the
art market. Many artists make work they intend to be beyond the reach of the
market - unsalable, uncollectable, literally shit... Nevertheless, it ends
up appropriated and commoditised, the subject of speculation.

The question is how to short circuit that process? Vandalism might be part
of that - to take away more than you put in, to ensure whatever it is you do
its destructive tendency is greater than its creative. However, until now, I
cannot think of a single strategy that has worked. That doesn't mean there
isn't one...

Best

Simon


On 08/07/2011 15:45, "magnus lawrie" <magnus at ditch.org.uk> wrote:

> Yes, there is a kind of feedback happening. For example, Kinect
> hacking is recognized by Microsoft to the point that it surely enters into
> the complany's future business plan. Some pirate practices are
> normalized. Is that a success?


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