Artist Anti-Defamation League!

Some of the writing here is very amusing. I particularly liked the 'About
Us' section.

"Astrid's Work is influenced by the Vienna Actionists of the 1960s, who
expressed themselves by making love in the blood and entrails of eviscerated
bovines. As a Vegan and Animal Rights Activist however, Astrid works
primarily in Tofurky, Facon, BologNo, and occasionally, Glitter Glue."

The name and bio of 'Bl8antly Obtuse - Aesthetics Czar' is also quite
amusing.

The site pokes fun both at artists and 'art haters'.

The site design is right, also. A bit 'sloppier' than I associate with your
work, but right for this concept.

I ended up with a feeling of the depressing insularity of art, but perhaps
that was part of the point.

Also, the news items are well-done. They could be true.

ja

> Artist Anti-defamation League!
>
> http://artistadl.org/
>
> From the manifesto:
> Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of
> society being at all relevant to artists, there remains to
> civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking artists only to overthrow the
> government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation
> and destroy the art-haters.
>
> ===
> <twhid>http://www.mteww.com</twhid>
> ===

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your comments. A bit of stuff below:


On May 23, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:

> Some of the writing here is very amusing. I particularly liked the
> 'About
> Us' section.
>
> "Astrid's Work is influenced by the Vienna Actionists of the 1960s,
> who
> expressed themselves by making love in the blood and entrails of
> eviscerated
> bovines. As a Vegan and Animal Rights Activist however, Astrid works
> primarily in Tofurky, Facon, BologNo, and occasionally, Glitter Glue."
>
> The name and bio of 'Bl8antly Obtuse - Aesthetics Czar' is also quite
> amusing.
>
> The site pokes fun both at artists and 'art haters'.
>
> The site design is right, also. A bit 'sloppier' than I associate
> with your
> work, but right for this concept.

MTAA didn't do the design. Bl8antly did it.

>
> I ended up with a feeling of the depressing insularity of art, but
> perhaps
> that was part of the point.
>
> Also, the news items are well-done. They could be true.

Do you mean the blog? It *is* true :-)

Take care,

>
> ja
>
>
>> Artist Anti-defamation League!
>>
>> http://artistadl.org/
>>
>> From the manifesto:
>> Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of
>> society being at all relevant to artists, there remains to
>> civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking artists only to
>> overthrow the
>> government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation
>> and destroy the art-haters.
>>
>> ===
>> <twhid>http://www.mteww.com</twhid>
>> ===
>>
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> > Also, the news items are well-done. They could be true.
>
> Do you mean the blog? It *is* true :-)

It is odd. The stories on the blog are real.

http://artistadl/blog

Some of them are spun and the voice we are writing with is performed a bit but, for the most part, the blog is “real”. The odd part is that when we started, I thought we would have to dig for material. The LAPD shutting down a show, Steve and the FBI, some right wing nuts wanting a public art work removed in CA and other news sadly prove me wrong. It’s a weird time to make art.

So, if you find any news, real or just funny, that we might use, please send us an email. Also, pass the url along. Click, click click…. http://artistadl.org

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