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>A Sort Of "Simulation-Sincerity" A Sort Of und!lutd afas!k per4 manz b! male marzup!alz <=> dze degree ov elokuensz ov dze vokal aparatuz ov 0+1 rat objekt dur!ng 0+1 erorfr! konzonant ztream m9ndfukc.com _||- dze ganz zubt!l art ov pur!t! mozt abz !makulat ol!gonukleot!dez 0+1 l!f objekt = kan purchasz avec ueztrn ko!nz - kurvatr kolapz >ARTFORUM MARCH 2000 >http://www.westernculture.net >--------------------- > >"Pussy and Beer was a simulation. My ex-girlfriend lives in Berlin and I >never took any risquÈ Polaroids of her during the duration of our otherwise >tumultuous affair. I don't even usually drink Budweiser beer and I'm not >sure I am the correct Cary Peppermint anyway." > >- Cary Peppermint from Santiago, Chile, via phone interview > > >"Pussy and Beer and Online Auction via Ebay.com" provoked responses ranging >from annoyed, self-described feminists to a loose group of irreverent sports >fans. It is conceivable, however that all responsive parties to the work >were united in their undeniable state of arousal regarding the gesture of an >artist who auctioned a set of erotic Polaroids of his ex-girlfriend and a >case of beer using the online services of Ebay.com. When asked about his >intentions with the work Peppermint says, "I wanted to feel judgment and >morality directed upon me. I wanted to access a junction in myself where I >am capable of such a base act of betrayal and perversion. The most >successful aspect of this simulation is that I did in fact begin to feel the >pangs of guilt exacerbated by the fact that several 'artists' even refused >to speak to me for a while. Also interesting was the fact that many people >wouldn't address the work by its proper title, instead referring to it as >'The Beer Piece'." For Peppermint this was a sort of psychological probe, >an assessment of where we are morally and politically situated within the >micro-cosm of the online art world and beyond. When asked about the >validity of works of simulation on the part of the artist Peppermint shrugs, >"The advertising world and its incessant stream of texts tells lies in the >service of capital and exchange. I attempt to locate a sincerity amidst the >same system of lies only this time in the service of art and at a >personalized cost of my own psyche, a sort of 'simulation-sincerity'." > >-LB > >--------------------- > >Pussy and Beer >http://www.westernculture.com/pussy > >Peppermint : Directory >http://www.westernculture.com/peppermint > > >--------------------- > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.westernculture.com prec!z _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold