ART TERROIST

Manifesto:
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realised God doesn’t work that way, so I stole
one and prayed for forgiveness.

- Emo Philips

Art is not just painting and picture, nor is it exhibitions or installations. Art is not emotions or reactions, and it is neither a statement or a reflection of/on society. Art is.....

Banksy is.
We assume based on rumors and web articles that Bansky is a man from England. Art terroist, cultural jammer, the joker...modern artist.

He started with stenciled graffiti appearing in All over Europe, The Middle East, America and Asia. Today the pieces have moved indoor and in museums. Banksy once even placed his own art work in a museum.

The Elephant piece was created in a downtown L.A. warehouse in the fall of 2006. It was to represent world poverty which was "the elephant in the room" no one wanted to talk about. Who would've know that world poverty would be so significant today, especially with our global banking crisis. The elephant is no longer invisible.

The show angered many people who feared for the condition and well being of the elephant. Which i think was the whole point. The out cry for the elephant made his art resonate and the hype that was created made everyone think just a little bit more about world issues.

Banksy brought up a subject that many in the western world seldom thought about. We are aware of world wars, mass genocides, tainted food, and natural disasters but never really consider the root of all these atrocites being world poverty.

Dangerous art reflected the dangers in our world. He uses art and humor to show the world and it's shortcomings We are then able to discuss openly issues of our times that few are aware of. He dosn't give solution but rather uses the power of art to create a global discussion.

His latest project is a pet shop deli with chicken Mc'nuggets milling about like chickens...

BBC article

Wired Article

BANKSY

A Movie Poster

A movie poster that changes the medium. This movie will be the 2nd Steven Soderbergh (Oceans 11) released first as a digital on demand download then released in the theaters. Also this movie is shot completely in digital.

The poster design reflect a modern and unconventional approach to marketing yet has enough of a recognizable design language that we recognize it for what it is.

The final transition of the medium would be the abolition of the MPAA's arbitrary rating stamp. and movie destribution complete online....

Inside All of us is a Wild Thing

I remember hearing about this movie back in early 2006. Warner Bros. Studio hired Avant-garde director Spike Jones to helm the adaptation of one of my favorite children’s book, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Spike Jones last films were a quirky comedy Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. Both these movies were very well made if just a little too quirky for your average viewer.

At the time I felt the book's themes of anger, lost and fearlessness in a strange new world was appropriate for our times. The books main protagonist is a young child named Max, who is struggling with issues of anger and shows young readers that strength and fearlessness will tame any problems.

In 2006 we were enduring the 3^rd year of an Iraq war that seemed to have no end. Many Americans were angry about the mess this war had become. So a movie that dealt with anger issue in a land far far away seemed completely logical and appropriate. But just like the war the Spike Jones’ production became a quagmire, requiring multiple rewrites and re-shoots .* The difficulty on the set and in production pushed the movie to a point where, only until last week, has the 80 million dollar movie been given a release date. (10-16-2009)

Movies are made to reflect the attitudes of our times 6 months from now. Producers and Studios try to predict what peoples attitudes will be a few months out. Most of the time it is fairly easy. The most obvious example is the seasonal/holiday movies, but another category is relevant movies, for example every four years the industry rolls out movies about the presidential elections. So a movie that stumbles through production and is delayed for four years many times has past its relevancy.

Today our problems have somewhat shifted from the desert thousands of miles away to our own pocketbooks and the movies themes and fears maybe to close for comfort. I don't think that many Americans are in the mood for dark childhood angst and pathos right now. Paper monsters are one thing but real ones are another.

Where the Wild Things Are is not a hopeful or happy story to begin with, and the movie adaptation‘s script (pirate the script on any torrent site) is far darker than even the book. In the book we only see monsters in Max's imagination. Yet in the movie and trailer we see the monster also exist in the real world, represented by his teacher and mothers new boyfriend.

There is also a problem with bringing monsters in the book too life. The monsters in the book are two inches high and don’t move. In the movie they are bigger than we are. That simple difference changes the playfulness and safety of the story. The monsters are now more real and we can’t hide under our blankets at the mega-plex.

Max does teach us one thing, that when one comes face to face with monsters one should not be afraid and we like Max should face them head on. Because in the end the Monsters are just as afraid of us since we are as Sendak wrote "the most wild things of all." This is why the movie still intrigues me and I hope that it still intrigues you. I hope that we can find the time to see it or at least download a copy so you can watch it in the comfort of your own bedroom with the security of your blanket

Good luck Max I hope you make it home from the island

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*Re-shoot problems

Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are WIKI

Spike Jones WIKI

off topic but just as important

He was so cool and the best...to us. If you don't have a pet you should get one. I know they sometimes get sick and leave way to early, but the joy that they bring is priceless even if it is only for a moment. My friends name was Picasso he lived with his little brother Pablo and us at our house for only 3 months -- but what a 3 months.

FREE is the new BLACK

Trying to save money has never been easy for me. I love stuff, stuff to eat, stuff to wear, stuff... I order stuff from Amazon not because it's necessary but rather because i like getting stuff in boxes. But we all know the economy is just waiting for the President to say the "D" word.

So here is something absolutely FREE ($10 dollar parking...have someone else drive, or you could take the bus) that will satisfy your stuff needs. It's the J Paul Getty Museum, filled with amazing priceless artwork (expensive stuff needs met). Billion dollar architecture and landscape. Views of L.A. to die for, and best of all you can bring your friends or singficants, pack a lunch and make a day of it. People you bring will think you are cultured not cheap.

Finally even if you went before did you play the secret MUSICAL Getty walls......

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