Operation Artistic Freedom

US Department of Art & Technology
Washington, DC
http://www.usdept-arttech.net
Office of the Secretary

OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY:
Randall M. Packer
Secretary, US Department of Art & Technology

Operation Artistic Freedom

THE SECRETARY: American and international artists have begun a
concerted campaign - Operation Artistic Freedom. Our coalition is
broad and from across the globe.

In this declaration of war on war, our cause is just. Artists are all
that stand between a world at peace, and a world of chaos and
constant risk. And our mission is clear, to carry out 10,000 Acts of
Artistic Mediation, in defense of humanity.

The future of peace and democracy now depend on artistic forces. WE
must conduct ourselves in the highest traditions of the avant-garde.
WE must do our job with skill, imagination, and bravery, and with the
finest of cultural critics beside us. At every stage of this conflict
the world will see the power of the artist, freed from the limits and
constraints of the dominant culture, to construct temporary settings
of life and their transformation into a higher passionate nature.

I want Americans and all the world to know that coalition artistic
forces will make every effort to spare innocent civilians from war
cries and religious crusades, which now appear to be leading us
quickly and inevitably down the path to the Day of Reckoning.

A campaign in these times of extraordinary crisis could be longer and
more difficult than some have predicted. Yet, in a whirlwind of
madness and horror, terror and peril, hail and fire, our faith is
sure, our resolve is firm, and our artistic union is strong.

I call on the most progressive artists and intellectuals of all
nations to put an end to these terrible threats endangering the
civilized world.

Now that conflict has come, the only way to limit its duration is to
apply artistic forces of virtualization. I say, virtualization
remains the greatest power on earth! With that tremendous power
alone; we will shock and awe!

This will not be a campaign of half-measures. We will fight for the
security and peace of the world, and we will accept no outcome but
victory.

Virtualization is the international expression of our times, the
great rebellion of aesthetic mobilization.

Thank you.

Randall M. Packer
Secretary, US Department of Art & Technology


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The US Department of Art & Technology
http://www.usdept-arttech.net

The US Department of Art and Technology is the United States
principal conduit for facilitating 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.

The Experimental Party
http://www.experimentalparty.org

The Experimental Party - the "party of experimentation" - is an
artist-based political party that has been formed to activate
citizens across the country in an effort to bring the artists'
message to center stage of the political process. This is a political
awakening, 'representation through virtualization' is the major
political thrust of the Experimental Party, it is the driving force.