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In addition to the giant slime escargot I propose the following: The biggest space in the Gug Mus Bilb is size of football field and is occupied by a large piece by Serra. It doesn’t fit there. I suggest to haul the rusting mastodon where it belongs – to the junkyard. Instead I suggest to build a large surfing swimming pool with a wave machine capable of spiting 8 ft tubes every 15 seconds. The idea of water wave in a wavy, titanium covered building makes sense to me. This way the Gug Mus Bilb could become a Mecca for surfers and a place for a nonstop live performance.

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Rated AOA

For Artist Organized Audiences

any orphaned wax museum

abandoned cinema

forgotten concert stage

might be diverted towards an artist organized venue

> There is no reason to exclude entertainment venues from repurposing

Re: Bilbao

I like the idea of a giant slime escargot. It would be nice match for the Puppy ( Jeff Koons ) who guards the entrance to the Museum. The giant slime escargot could be a mobile and robotic prop animated by remote controller in hands of retarded midget ( a tribute to David Lynch as well as to the uncertainty principle )
To make the beast eatable we could construct it out of marshmallow.
You could watch art while you eat it and therefore be a part of semi-religious communion.

Towards A Proposal

After a survey of this year’s crop of Museum shows, it seems the only use these ethically empty places can offer is to physically empty themselves of has-been art objects and slick entertainment offerings. The spaces would better serve the needs of large scale artist organized art events. Perhaps the Bilbao site should be the starting point, as there is so little possibility for pre-existing non site-specific work to make use of the hollow shell. A gigantic slime covered snail would make more sense in this space than an exhibit of professionally postured theme driven curatorship. Has anyone done a survey of the total exhibition space of all Museums world wide in square feet.

In terms of materials it will be necessary to empty some of the museum of stored works to make room for sleeping quarters and fabrication facilities. Additionally, it will not be necessary for the general public to attend the events as the justification for their involvement today is simply that the buildings stay up on public funds. Artists organizing art events should help cut the financial reflex forcing the public to consume works chosen by a small group of curators. This confidence reversal indentures the public through institutional hypnosis.

some time ago our svengali behind the blog asked me to write about the bilbao gug mus
i told him
it was an insult to the idea of a place to show art
art there is unshowable
the only piece acceptable there is a piece by jenny holzer
and this place needs some radical match up
to it’s magnificent architecture

so
i propose to get rid of all the art there
let’s transform this place to a giant workshop for artist organized art !
Alleluya

I found this site for an artist organized event on a napkin at a Japanese restaurant in Tivoli NY last Saturday. The site is documented using a camera on a cell phone from which the picture was sent with no message and a cryptic voice memo. The dinner followed attending an opening at the Tivoli Artists Co-Op Gallery. This artist organized gallery is starting to draw impressive crowds. Usually the shows exhibit a desperate quality associated with limiting works to flat, portable visuals.

A warehouse of collectibles to be sent via the snail process to sit over some unknown’s couch. However, i was impressed that they included a performance element by Women In Black. In their previous group exhibition this past August “Mixed Media” i saw works by at least 5 artists, including Jennifer Axinn, that were astonishingly good, unfortunately positioned as collectibles. Given the ease of porting visuals over cell systems i am conflicted about the speculation surrounding collectible formats.

Back in USA from Cambio Constante 4.
The best artist organized show that I ever attended
I posted a short and chaotic report from it few days ago.
It was chaotic because I was out of my mind
The daily dose of suspended REALITY as well as sleep deprivation helped to achieve the altered state of mind (shining)
I can say, that Symbolic Order was suspended and you existed in close proximity to Imaginary and Real (Lacan).


The show took place in the Monastery Veruela
This place is an energy vortex created by 600 years of praying.
The energy is so dense, you can slice it with knife.
It is not haunted, but you can see ghost if you wish so.
I did at least.

It helped, that all the artist sites where within the walls of monastery.
Concentrated, compressed and within a short walk.
No reason to bus people in and out as it happened in the past.

Everything was possible there, the pure potential
You would come with an idea and you would see it happened within 12 hours.
Time and space continuum
The Howard Hughes’s (to be nowhere and everywhere in the same time)
There was no resistance, pure levitation
It turned up for me in a form of workshops with our assistants
Many years ago I have some training with the Grotowski Theater.
It came back with vengeance in a form of impro group performances.
The workshop formula which involved drumming and voice exercises works well in every improvised situation.
In the lack of hi-tech gear the lack is a plus.
The biggest success?
The day before the end of the show, the assistants created their own performance and invited me to take part in it.
They came up with a completely sound and symbolic piece which included a large 3D installation.
This was for me a real payoff and satisfaction.
They were not even students of art school and only few of them spoke English.
If this can happen, there is a ray of hope for all of us.

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