Adventure Art

All I can say is thanks for the reading material, Alex. I'm only on the first page so far.

Definately interesting.

"1971 - Chris Burden did Shout Piece at F-Space gallery. He sat on a platform 14 feet above the floor, covered with red body paint and illuminated by movie lights. When the people who had received invitations to the exhibition got there, they were surprised by Burden's voice, which was amplified by three large speakers, repeating over and over again: "Get the f*ck out imediately. Get the f*ck out immediately. " Faced with physical rejection and with the artist's own presence, most left instantaneously."

Sounds like the type of person I'd hang out with.

Tw*t.
(Him, not you Rod)

Here's a good one...

"His current performance involves not looking at, making, reading about, or talking about art for twelve months."

I've been doing this for years. How come I'm not famous?

But then again, if that's his art, isn't he breaking his own rule right off the bat?

Yup.
Oh, and Rod?
You're not famous because... um...
mum always liked me better.

1973

That reminds me of the Swiss chick and the rabbits and such.

There are some truly twisted people out there, and some truly creative ones, too.

My favorite so far is the two guys who make their own stamps with whatever picture they want on them just to see if the mail gets delivered. Hilarious.

The grossest is the guy who sold cans of his own crap, knowing that eventually they would explode wherever the person who owned them happened to keep them. Also hilarious.

2003 - Jeroen Jongeleen marked several art books in the Rotterdam library using a rubber stamp depicting a fingerprint.

It's ones like this that I don't consider art. There's not a lot of meaning behind it, not a lot of preparation involved, and it doesn't even have the benefit of looking nice. It's vandalism wrapped up in pseudo-artistic self interest.

Also, I get upset when people damage books.
:red:

I lent a book to a friend in grade 8. When I got it back, the spine was creased. That was the last book I ever lent out, except to my mother, who treats books the same as I do.

(Jeez, I wonder where I got that little idiosyncracy.)
:roll:

That one pissed me off too, I'd probably freak on the guy if I ever caught him stamping books.

There is a dividing line between art and stupidity. People are reluctant to go on record saying that something is on the "stupid" side of the line.

I don't like it when books are gratuitously destroyed, but I have to admit that I love it when people mark or write in library books... as long as it's not with a hi-liter. It's like you get to know the reaction of another person to the stuff you're reading... almost as if you're reading it together. I once had a teacher who would say that a book hasn't really been read until it's been written in.

Aaugh! A little piece of me just died, reading Alex's post.

Sacrelege! Sacrelege!

It even annoys me when they stamp the edges of a book at the store with the date.

:cheese:

Hey Alex, speaking of books, did you get the $15.00 I pay Pal'd you????

Got it. Thanks for that. I'll get it in the mail tomorrow.

Aaah! Now we know how you REALLY got your new-found Pro-Ana killing powers, Stephen! Cash!

:lol:

Are you suggesting that I bribed Alex, Rod????
Do you think Alex would actually give me these kind of powers for $15.00???

Just be thankful that Alex only wanted 15 bucks and not a "personal massage".

Who, ME?

Never.

I was stating it flat out! 😊

Seriously though, I've gotta check out his books sometime.

It's still book, singular. Second book is due out next year. In my opinion it'll be a lot better than the first one, but then authors always think what they're currently writing is great. It's only after you've finished writing something that the doubts begin to creep in.

Whoops, the gas huffing's starting to show...

:lol:

My mistake.

Which cover I'm I getting Alex???

Alex,

Just out of curiosity.... once your book is done, how long does it normally take from the editors to on shelves?

(Ack, had to edit... I type "you're" instead of "your" originally. Stephen, this is the first time in many many years I've done that. Are you rubbing off on me?)

((Not rubbing ON me, rubbing off on me. :> ))

Stephen, I'll send you the UK cover. It's hardcover. Unless you'd prefer the softcover US jackalope cover.

Winona, I'd say it takes about six months normally. The editor has to go over it. Then a copyeditor. Then it has to be formatted to look nice on the page. Someone has to do the cover art, etc.

Six months isn't so bad, I was expecting much longer.

I honestly can't wait till this new one is out. 😊 I appreciate the time you take on the website while you are obviously so busy!

Stephen, quit rubbing Winona. No matter how hard you try you won't get your three wishes. 😠

Hey Alex, I paypalled you a little bit ago. I've got the American one but if you've still got any Dutch ones I'll take one of those. Or any other "furren" versions you have. Or failing that, the UK one. Or another US one. Or a rock. Whatever. I'm easy.

You want the Dutch one? Okay. If you say so. I've got a few extra of those. I've only got two of the Polish version, so I'm holding onto those. I've been told there's a Japanese version, but I never got copies of it.

Since I have the English one I can memorize it and then show the Dutch one to visitors. When they ask "Can you read this?" I can tell them exactly what it says.

:coolsmirk:

Lol that's good stuff. Will you post more about adventure art in the future?