"Death of the Author"
16.5.08
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'Hotel For The Birds' by Thomas Schutte will be made from Perspex. The artist says: "What pigeons will do to the material is not quite clear".
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'Alison Lapper Pregnant' by Marc Quinn will be made of marble and be 4.7m tall. Mr Quinn said he wanted a sculpture showing disability like Nelson, who only has one arm.
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Stefan Gec's 'Mannequin' is two life-size Tomahawk cruise missiles made from wood. He says he wants to link "Nelson's powerful naval fleet with a symbol of contemporary warfare".
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'No-o-war-r No-o-war-r' by Sokari Douglas Camp will be made of stainless steel and is a tribute to the square's "history of famous protest speeches ".
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Sarah Lucas, creator of 'This One's For The Pigeons', hopes local pigeons will "organically develop" the piece. She says it shows the "hopelessness" of trying to keep the birds under control.
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Chris Burden's 'Toy Skyscraper As A Tall Building' will be seven metres in height. He said: "Viewers will undoubtedly be reminded of New York's destroyed World Trade Center."
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The fourth plinth would be a great place to trial our massive public art projects like Ebbsfleet - more money for the boys.
11.5.08
10.5.08
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A collaborative project - I think - I can't quite remember whose idea this was, I suspect it was Kieren Reed and Abigail Hunt's idea with me adding to the proposal - anyhow -
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A hefty forty page tomb designed to do what? What will happen to the outcomes? Should these artist of the future control the plinth? APB are on the case - white report to be released on 19th May 2008.
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Even brainy artists luck out with serendipity, someone told me today that Wallinger didn't even know that the Horse is the symbol for Kent, (Ebsfleet Probe 02) Wallinger has got some bad press in conversation with various artists - I have to remain objective, but his work "A real work of art" was seminal for me and I have a real soft-spot for this public sculpture hogging stalwart.
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This proposal is for two super conductors to throw a lightening bolt between spheres, only once. The art is the bolt so only a few will see the event as it is not known when it will occur.
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ALL POINTS BULLETIN - If you smell a rat contact APB
Winston Smith was forced to wear a cage over his head, filled with rats, his worst fear. Interrogation room 101 style.
1984 -G.Orwell
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Introducing APB The Art Probe Bureau - Fighting art complicity, dynasty, monopolies and cartels.
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This proposal is to remove the plinth and replace it with a giant etch-a-sketch for the PUBLIC to get arty.
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A fear that in 500 years time archaeologists will conclude that pre apocalypse we were ruled by giant mice
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KADN Kiosk© Kieren Reed & Abigail Hunt ©
Kiosks are ace they sum up utopia in an object that is mobile and accessible whilst being a power point that is substantial enough to allow people to stop, learn, interact and revolt. Rodchenko will be smiling up there.
The audience are able to visit the kiosk, either because they have heard about the project or because they simply come across it within the space. It has been deliberately constructed so it can be locked up safely and securely at night, but can also be dismantled easily in the manner of a ‘flat-pack’ structure – much like many of the kiosk structures it simulates. Documentation of the kiosk is also a vital element to the work. The project has almost a ‘performance’ element for which the kiosk itself acts as a tool to produce the work, finally being seen as an art object or relic after the events which happen in or around it.
Reed and Hunt’s concepts relate to the importance of the participation of the viewer and the collaboration between them as artists and their audience, as well as the blurred boundaries as to when and where collaboration happens, both with the audience and between other artists, be it directly or indirectly. In this, the kiosk will also become the site for, or initiation of a series of programmed events and workshops where the audience will be invited to participate in discussion and making. One of their main interests is in exploring the idea of primary and secondary audiences. The kiosk project in its essence creates two different audiences – one which was directly involved in interacting with it and one which may only see the results of that interaction. This notion which is rooted in the very idea of collaboration raises many issues about public voices, agency and audience manipulation, and exploring it is one of the main aims of the work.© - www.kadn.co.uk
5.5.08
3.5.08
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A poem by me aged 15 - partially remembered
Little Boy, fell from the sky
Whistling as it fell
Landed, a cloud rose high
A peep into hell
2.5.08
26.4.08
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Mark Foo was a big wave surfer. One of the best. A self-confessed fame addict he courted the press, and was a well featured surfer in film, documentary, magazines and even cable TV. He commented often and was quoted saying to die doing something you love would not be a bad way to go.
On December 23rd 1994, Mark Foo paddled out at Mavericks, a well known dangerous break in California. This proposal is to model the last wave surfed by the legend - Mark Foo.
24.4.08
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"He's far [enough] away from us that nobody can ask what he did during World War II, during World War I, or what his ancestors did under Turkey. He's ... not Catholic, not Orthodox, not Muslim," says Veselin Gatalo, head of Mostar's Urban Movement group. "Bruce Lee is part of our idea of universal justice - that the good guys can win."
The first monument to be raised in the war-torn Balkans was Bruce Lee, vandalised within hours and finally removed.
21.4.08
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THE RED SHED -
Does an architecture that challenges procedural norms (an architecture of initiative/participation) have to have its own aesthetic? Does an architecture of provisionality have to look provisional? Or, to be blunt, how do we avoid red shed syndrome? (Red shed syndrome came to me after a two day symposium of international alternative practice, in which a common feature of the presentations was a shed, often red, the best ones on wheels).
SOURCE: Jeremy Till Initiative & Institution
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This is a proposal whereby an offset lithography press would be housed on the plinth and constantly producing a newspaper written and edited in real time.
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Mr Musa, the owner of Etoile Limousines in Paris, rented the car to Mohamed al Fayed, the Harrod and Paris Ritz owner and Dodi's father.
Mr Musa said: "It is an exceptional wreck - like the one James Dean died in. We were told it was worth at least £1 million. It belongs to us. At first I was thinking it should have been given to Mohamed al Fayed because his son, Dodi, died in it.
"Then I thought maybe it should be put in a museum. Now I want to sell it. We've been told a lot of people would pay a fortune for the wreck. We have never had any firm inquiries about it, but people have spoken to me about how much it could be worth."
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Have you seen the film 'Brazil,' the scene when Harry Tuttle, terrorist plumber played by Robert De Nero is overcome and suffocated by bureaucracy. Rise up and refuse to fill in that 28-7/6.
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'I hear today that the Government are releasing information on the timetabling of Identity card introduction. Today, Ministers were selling the scheme as a way of preventing fraud (whereas up until now it's been touted as away of preventing terrorism.....so a bit of a change of heart?) Most of this country's citizens are law abiding and I'm at a loss as to why the majority should have their civil liberties impinged upon because of a minority criminal element. Mores to the point, determined fraudsters will find a way around any system put in place because they always do....and let's face it.....our sensitive information isn't safe in the hands of the Government anyway. They'll just leave it lying around for the next fraudster who wants it!- think child benefit records)
As the most surveyed nation in the world, I hardly think we need more restrictions. I also can't believe that people are buying into the Governments propaganda that they are doing this to 'protect' us (if not against fraud then against terrorism.....or any other excuse they might deem necessary to persuade us!) I also find it hard to swallow that people are lying down to take this infringement of civil liberties. I for one will not be giving up my personal data for the Government to use or abuse in any way they see fit. If this doesn't feel scary enough for people then maybe you should be having a look at '1984' by George Orwell.'
SOURSE: http://www.haveyoursay-tcdphotography.blogspot.com
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From Spanish plazas to Parisian metros, American tourists are being quizzed, grilled and even spat on by people who do not approve of the Bush administration's drive for a war against Saddam Hussein.
As a result, a declining number of Americans (54% today vs. 79% a year ago) believes that the USA enjoys a favorable image abroad, according to a recent Gallup poll. And a majority of Americans (64%) cite a fear of unfriendliness as the top concern of traveling abroad during wartime, according to a survey in the February issue of Conde Nast Traveler.
3.4.08
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26/158 - KLEPTOCRACY - (see pot-calling-kettle-black definition below)
'Large-scale corruption by high-level public officials—kleptocracy—is a particular threat for democracy and rule of law in developing countries. Such corruption undermines financial accountability, discourages foreign investment, stifles economic performance, and diminishes trust in legal and judicial systems.'
SOURCE America.gov
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Recent research has indicated that Chameleons may use colour changes as a method of communication, including to make themselves more attractive to potential mates. Living Sculpture?
29.2.08
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Silicon is earth's second most abundent element and is becoming recorgnised as one of our most important?
14.2.08
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11.2.08
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The caves at Lascaux lasted undiscovered for 16,000 years. They were discovered in 1940 by four french teenagers and their dog, Robot. In just 28 years the caves were closed because of carbon dioxide causing the paintings to disapear. A Upper Paleolithic litmus paper?
10.2.08
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Smeed's Law - Smeed was a Professor at UCL he had a fatalistic view of traffic flow. Smeed interpreted his law as a law of human nature. Smeed's Law defines the number of deaths that we as a society find psychologically tolerable.
6.2.08
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Noise Pollution - A cacophony of mobile phone tunes on a loop ascending in volume to crescendo and retreating to silence over and over - The problem of e-waste is growing at a rate of more than two million phones per week, putting tons of toxic waste into landfills daily.
5.2.08
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Flames are the symbol of eternal rememberence. Although the most famous flame, that of the Olympics is ironicaly a celebration of theft, humanity over deity. Prometheus stole fire from Zues.
1.2.08
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Cly faking: To pick a pocket, especially a silk handkerchief
London played stage to Oliver Twist or The Parish Boy's Progress. Dickens’s novel was the first to use a child as the protagonist; it highlighted the hypocrisies of the time; Poor Law and legal child labor versus the criminalization of infants
The International Labour Organisation states there are an estimated 218 million children aged 5 to 17 in child labor worldwide. The abhorrent forms of child labor include the military use of children as well as child prostitution.
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This is a replica of the bronzed boxing glove presented to the Jewish community of Michigan to mark the historic defeat of Max Schmeling by Joe Louis on June 22, 1938.
Schmeling was Hitler’s champion – the fight became known as “The Glove That Floored Nazi Germany’ The proposal would be unveiled 70 years to the day with a prize fight taking place in the square.
source – Gale Group
The Capuchin Crypt beneath the Capuchin Church of the Immaculate Conception (1645) houses the bones of over 4,000 individual monks.
The Marquis de Sade visited the crypt in 1775 and described it as "An example of funerary art worthy of an English mind"
31.1.08
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There have been 66 monarchs in England and Britain spread over a period of 1500 years. This proposal is to have all of the occupying the plinth, save one, William IV - sadly left out in the cold once again.
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"to cease blowing" (as when a candle flame ceases to flicker) and/or extinguishing (that is, of the passions).
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Interestingly paleontologists do not know if the dinosaurs had a reptilian skin type or plumage like birds, the green colour of dinosaurs is also based on supposition.
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