umetnost v času potrošništva

November 22nd, 2006 § 1 comment § permalink

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spet je bil kosovni odvoz, torej sem spet praznil klet. to pot sicer ne svoje, a kolicina vpletenih čustev je bila sorodna.

spet smo se čudili količini krame, ki se nabere v skritih kotičkih naših bivališč, ki postanejo skriti ravno zato, da lahko skrijejo kramo, ki jo tja nakopičimo. sami pred seboj skrivamo dele lastnega življenja, in za to zlorabljamo nič hudega sluteče prostore.

in potem se sprehajamo po ulicah polnih odlsuženih predmetov in izdelkov, ki čakajo svoj sodni dan in za kratek tretnutek se zavemo bistva sodobnega človeka, človeka-potrošnika. res se ves čas zavedamo te svoje vloge, še zlasti na koncu meseca, ko nam zmanjka denarja za račune, ker smo ga porabili za čevlje in (neuporabna) darila, a tiste nekajkrat na leto smo soočeni z udarcem vseh malih grehov, in to za nekaj let (desetletij) nazaj.

pa ne le mi, krivci za svoj kupcek. ne, vsak mimoidoči, mimo-vsakega-kupčka-idoči se zdrzne nad lastnim bistvom, tudi če je njegov kosovni odvoz šele čez pol leta. njegovega bistva se dotakne materializacija tujega življenja, ganjen je od naše razsipnosti.

tako smo avtorji vsakokratnih kupov krame pravzaprav edini predstavniki posebne vrste javno umetnosti, ki je edina po meri in ki edina izhaja iz bistva sodobnega človeka-potrošnika. kosovni odvozi so neposredni nasledniki karnevalov cikličnih religij predmonoteistične dobe civilizacije. kupi pred hišami so posledica nam inheretne kreativnosti, pač izražene pri nakupovanju. kreativnost in inovativnosti niti potrošnik ne ubeži, le izvedbena aktivnost se spremeni.

homo consumer in ars consumerans sta dve plati neke iteracije istega poliedra, ki mu pravimo človek. kosovni odvozi pa skrbijo za njegovo duševno zdravje, podobno kot so v dobi religije zanj skrbeli redni obredi.

In 1838, Honore de Balzac wrote,

November 21st, 2006 § Comments Off on In 1838, Honore de Balzac wrote, § permalink

“Every form of excess is based on some pleasure that man wishes to repeat beyond the normal laws laid down by Nature. The less human strength is occupied, the more it tends to excess. It follows that the more civilized and peaceful a society is, the more its members will embark on the path to excess. For man the social animal, living means expending one’s energy pretty swiftly.”

colors of slashdot

November 18th, 2006 § Comments Off on colors of slashdot § permalink

Physicists are having fun this week according to Slashdot. One day there was news about wireless electricity research, another day about quantum time traveling and today about working fusion reactor… All of them used to be hardcore SF fantasies of my generation and are supposebly happening in the next year. Now it made me wonder, either we are living in a truly interesting era, or Slashdot has gone yellowish

uf

November 18th, 2006 § Comments Off on uf § permalink

“there’s this bollywood movie called

uff yeh mohabat

meaning…

shit, this love”

django video upload tutorial

November 15th, 2006 § Comments Off on django video upload tutorial § permalink

(just so that i don’t forget them)

that video archive job won’t be that complicated after all…

http://blog.go4teams.com/?p=56

… and the photo gallery sollution also…

http://trac.studioquattro.biz/djangoutils/wiki/Thumbnail

Neuromancer, 1984

November 11th, 2006 § Comments Off on Neuromancer, 1984 § permalink

“Case took the pink handset from its cradle and punched a Hongkong number from his memory He let it ring five times, then hung up. His buyer for the three megabytes of hot RAM in the Hitachi wasn’t taking calls”

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