Only Me !

Hello again!

Seems like only last week...

Perhaps, like me, some of you are old enough to remember the time when people had stereos that were way too heavy to cart around in their back pockets, and gigs were plentiful and well attended.
Ah yes, the Golden Glow of Nostalgia, which covers a lifetime of cracks in the wall.

'The Golden Glow of Nostalgia

Anyway, we're here now for better or worse, and what do we make of it all ?
According to Deepak Chopra we are all temporal beings in a finite multiverse
So we'll ignore that.

On another note, the self-promotion saga that is Richard Prince (recap) continues with a dull explanation / defence of sorts in a  pretentious but ultimately boring piece in an online magazine titled 'Autre'.
Which is French for 'Other '.

As you probably know.
I'm just telling you that because it's the most interesting thing about the article.

This got me thinking, as I gazed at the fluff in my navel,
Should online magazines be called 'digi-zines' ?
Does anyone care ?

Anyway, in case you're ambivalent about clicking the link to the Richard Prince article, I'll condense it for you, cutting to the chase, as it were.
There's a bit of an opening ramble: scene - setting, if you like, putting Mr Prince in context - name dropping, to be precise. 
So we know he's connected to Art.
Vaguely... like Mickey Mouse is connected to Michaelangelo.

In the article, Richard Prince basically details the process by which he 'followed' people on Instagram, isolated his preferred images of them and deleted comments leaving his own cosmic posturings as taglines.
Then it's copy, enlarge, print and voila !
The rest is history on the walls of Londons Gagosian Gallery and sensible offers only please.
Sensible meaning $90,000...

It's Art, Honey,
With a Capital Money...©™ ero2015

Is Art the new gold ?
If you have money to burn , apparently so.
Which is exactly what the KLF did in 1994, when they burnt a million quid.

Part of the rave  explosion  movement , they were also known as The Timelords, The Justified Ancients Of Mu-Mu, The JAMS - situationist , provocative and damn good fun all in one, they constantly derided 'the industry' in which they worked, making increasingly bold statements as a way of telling people not to settle for the hype.
Whilst hyping everything they did.
They were controversial and creative, in the best way.
Raising consciousness whilst flogging people 'Doctorin' The Tardis'
They even wrote the iconic 'How To Have A number One Hit : The Manual',
now out of print and currently changing hands for big money.

On another £note, there is Banksy.
Witty, powerful visual statements that comment on our fragile society
They now command silly money.
I enjoy the shenanigans of local councils arguing as to who the owner of  a certain tagged wall might be.
I like to think of Mr Banksy / Mr Mouthwash / whoever, sitting back and laughing at the petty squabbling , born of greed.
The film Exit Through The Gift Shop is an introduction to the strangeness.
Although it is another way of giving money to mr Banksy.
Which is difficult.

Anyways, reading back over this piece, I am sorry for re-visiting the Richard Prince thing.
Personally, I think it's relevant-
And pointless, at the same time.

It's all getting a bit philosophical for me.
Bring back unthinking hedonism...and corporal punishment !
Especially for those who draw on walls.
And those who steal virtual pictures from virtual walls.