[-empyre-] laws, outlaws & golden pirates

[shu lea cheang]

or maybe it would never be one single strategy?

sl



>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
>