RND/ Given that apparently everything in the known, violently circumscribed monoverse of Capitalism has a price tag (ie. rational, materialist quantification), internet theorist Robert What now also calculates the hyperreal financial concept of "Worth": This conceptually artistic scenario is symbolically portrayed and signified via the following (digital) painterly ode to Jean-Paul Riopelle - which, along … Continue reading Calculating The Hyperreal Financial Concept of “Worth”
Month: December 2019
A Clean, White Tomorrowland: Towards A Critique of Syd Mead
RND/ To consider the recent death of 'visual futurist' Syd Mead and the telling lack of critical analysis of his glossy art and style. In which its sinister underlying political ideology appears to mirror that of Disney's hyper-corporate Tomorrowland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCHg9mUBag In my premise [..] there were these enormous structures going up 2000, 3000 feet, and … Continue reading A Clean, White Tomorrowland: Towards A Critique of Syd Mead
Cheesy 70s Style Parody Dimestore Novel Covers
RND/ to imagine 70's style parodies of superbly cheesy dimestore novel covers. Amazingly kitsch images courtesy of Baen Books, 1211 x 1920 .jpg: --- Example Reference Links Baen Books Concept Covers The Existential Dryness of Historical Fiction Paperbacks Cyberpunk Is Still Dead: L33t Amazon eBooks and Good-Bad RPG Concept Fan Art Postmodern Ladybird Books Remix … Continue reading Cheesy 70s Style Parody Dimestore Novel Covers
Stay Calm And Suffer: UK General Election Brexit Art 2019
RND/ To consider a selection of GE2019 art. Christ, how utterly depressing it all is. Fuck every dipshit that voted Tory. --- Oh, the heartwarming impossible naivety of the general voting populous - almost a nativity. --- Look, just get me the fuck out of here. The whole island has gone mad. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovt1sC3rtM Oh … Continue reading Stay Calm And Suffer: UK General Election Brexit Art 2019
Voting Under Brexit: The Brutalist Myth Of Participatory Democracy
RND/ To consider an Orwellian image expressing the unique position of voting under Brexit in the context of the (/myth of) participatory Democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTbDdl7XiE --- Example Reference Links Atlas Of Places: Long Lines Building
Paul Laffoley In His Studio Painting
RND/ To consider visionary outsider artist Paul Laffoley in his studio, painting: 5179 x 4320 .jpg, image via Wikipedia Ideal / Idealized Cost for such Conceptual Work: £200K - contact Robert What for details. --- // how to play big science
Paintings Of ‘Superbrutal’ Sci Fi Megastructures
RND/ To imagine paintings of 'superbrutal' megastructures - so termed, because they seem to go beyond regular Brutalism. Images via https://escapismgame.wordpress.com/ 3840 x 4008 .jpg --- Example Reference Links Imaginary Megastructures New York Megacity Morning Verticality Dark Synth series: images of Dead Cyberpunk-Vision Cities Megastructural Photoshop Remix of Gustav Wunderwald Abstract Encounter: The House Of … Continue reading Paintings Of ‘Superbrutal’ Sci Fi Megastructures
Virtual Paintings Of Mundane Everyday Light (64 cols)
RND/ To imagine a series of virtual paintings expressing the mundane light of Everydayness in 64 colors. Political images via Flickr: --- Example Reference Links Diving Everydayness: Wolverhampton Aqualung Society Unsatisfactory Europa: DMCA and Fair Use in the digital arts