US Department of Art & Technology
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Washington, DC
Press Secretary
For Immediate Release: January 1, 2004
US Department of Art & Technology
Designates 2004 as the 'Year of the Experimental'
WASHINGTON, DC - The US Department of Art &
Technology designates the year beginning January
1, 2004, as the 'Year of the Experimental.'
Secretary Randall M. Packer has submitted the
following New Year's Resolution; which is
referred to the Bureau for Experimental States of
the World, Marcos Novak, Under Secretary.
RESOLUTION
Whereas the essence of the Experimental is the
most profound utterance of human expression, with
its impact heard around the world;
Whereas the Experimental is, according to John
Cage, 'simply an action the outcome of which is
not foreseen';
Whereas Experimental Action is the essential
manifestation of the avant-garde, which aspires
to a model of society where free and experimental
modes of conduct will prevail;
Whereas the Spirit of Experimentalism fuels the
ideological battles against the tyranny of
anachronistic behavior;
Whereas the Experimentalists, whether old or
young, male or female, are called upon worldwide
as unique and important Ambassadors of Freedom
and Idealism;
Whereas there are many Experimentalists who need
to be recognized and to have their stories
captured and preserved for future generations;
Whereas it is imperative in these times of dark
crisis to found a new society, propelled by a new
movement of the Experimental, and the potential
of a new politic; and so:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the US
Department of Art & Technology designates the
year 2004 as the 'Year of the Experimental'; and
requests that the people of our Nation and around
the world observe the 'Year of the Experimental'
with creative acts of freedom of association and
the transformational properties of the ceremonies
of art. As Andre Breton once said, "perhaps the
imagination is on the verge of recovering its
rights."
I hereby declare the 'Year of the Experimental'
to commence on this day, January 1, 2004.
Randall M. Packer
Secretary, US Department of Art & Technology
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the artist's need to extend aesthetic inquiry
into the broader culture where ideas become real
action. It also serves the psychological and
spiritual well-being of all Americans by
supporting cultural efforts that provide immunity
from the extension of new media technologies into
the social sphere.
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