[-empyre-] laws, outlaws & golden pirates

[Simon Biggs]

Good point.


On 09/07/2011 19:23, "shu lea cheang" <shulea at earthlink.net> wrote:

> or maybe it would never be one single strategy?
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>> 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
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