Originally published in BEAUTY IS OUR SPIRITUAL GUERNICA by Mario Santiago Papasquiaro, translated by Cole Heinowitz
WHAT DO WE PROPOSE?
NOT MAKING ART INTO A CAREER
SHOWING THAT EVERYTHING IS ART AND ANYONE CAN MAKE IT
CONCERNING OURSELVES WITH “INSIGNIFICANT” THINGS / WITH NO INSTITUTIONAL VALUE / PLAYING / ART SHOULD EXIST IN LIMITLESS AMOUNTS / AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE AND IF POSSIBLE, MADE BY EVERYONE
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ATTACKING ART / ATTACKING EVERYDAY LIFE (DUCHAMP) AT A TIME THAT SEEMS ALMOST ENTIRELY CLOSED TO PROFESSIONAL OPTIMISTS
TRANSFORMING ART / TRANSFORMING EVERYDAY LIFE (OURSELVES)
CREATIVITY / THE OUTSIDERS’ LIFE AT ANY COST
(MOVING OUR HIPS TO THE PRESENT WITH EYES BLINKING FROM THE AIRPORTS OF THE FUTURE)
AT A TIME WHEN ASSASSINATIONS HAVE BEEN DISGUISED AS SUICIDES
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TURNING CONFERENCE ROOMS INTO SHOOTING GALLERIES
(THE CARNIVAL WITHIN THE CARNIVAL / AS DEBRAY WOULD PUT IT?)
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BEETHOVEN, RACINE & MICHAELANGELO AREN’T THAT USEFUL ANYMORE
AMPHETAMINES MAKE BETTER FOOD:
SOUND BARRIERS LABYRINTHS OF SPEED (OH JAMES DEAN!) ARE BEING BROKEN SOMEWHERE ELSE
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LIFTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR DEPENDENCE & PASSIVITY
LOOKING FOR UNPRECEDENTED FORMS OF INTERVENTION & DIRECTION IN THE WORLD
DEMYSTIFYING / TURNING INTO DISSIDENTS
FOR US NOTHING HUMAN IS FOREIGN (COOL) FOR US NOTHING UTOPIAN IS FOREIGN (SUPERCOOL)
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NOW MORE THAN EVER, THE PROBLEM OF ART CAN’T BE UNDERSTOOD AS AN INTERNAL WAR BETWEEN FACTIONS / BUT ABOVE ALL AS A TACIT (BUT ALMOST OPEN) WAR BETWEEN THE ONES WHO CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY SIDE WITH THE SYSTEM AND TRY TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND IT / AND THE ONES WHO CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY TRY TO BLOW IT UP
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ART IN THIS COUNTRY HASN’T GONE BEYOND A TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR DECORATIVELY EXERCIZING MEDIOCRITY
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“ONLY MEN FREE OF ALL BONDS CAN CARRY THE FIRE FAR ENOUGH” ANDRÉ BRETON
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RETURNING TO ART THE IDEA OF A CONVULSIVE AND PASSIONATE LIFE
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CULTURE ISN’T IN BOOKS OR PAINTINGS OR STATUES IT’S IN THE NERVES / IN THE NERVES’ FLUIDNESS
THE CLEAREST PROPOSITION: AN INCARNATE CULTURE / A CULTURE IN THE FLESH, IN SENSITIVITY (THE OLD DREAM OF ANTONIN ARTAUD)
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EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS:
OUR SPHERE OF ACTION / AND THE FRENZIED SEARCH FOR WHAT DOESN’T EXIST YET
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OUR PURPOSE IS (TRUTH) PRACTICAL SUBVERSION
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EXAMPLE OF TOTAL ART
TOTAL SCULPTURE (THAT MOVES): A DEMONSTRTION OF 10,000 TO 20,000 PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION
TOTAL MUSIC: A MUSHROOM TRIP THROUGH THE SIERRA MAZATECA
TOTAL PAINTING: CLAUDIA KERIK BACKWARDS & FORWARDS / I INSIST: BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS
TOTAL POETRY: THAT INTERVIEW DISSEMINATED BY TELEPATHY OR JUST THE FLICK OF MY (AFRICAN LION’S) HAIR AND ITS FULL ELECTRICAL CHARGE
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WORLDS MOVEMENTS PEOPLE THAT INTEREST ME:
NICANOR PARRA CATULLUS QUEVEDO LAUTRÉAMONT MAGRITTE DE CHIRICO ARTAUD VACHÉ JARRY BRÉTON BORIS VIAN BURROUGHS GINSBERG KEROUAC KAFKA BAKUNIN CHAPLIN GODARD FASSBINDER ALAIN TANNER FRANCIS BACON DUBUFFET GEORGE SEGAL JUAN RAMÍREZ RUIZ VALLEJO CHÉ GUEVARA ENGELS “THAT MASTER OF SARCASM” THE PARIS COMMUNE THE SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL THE EPIC OF THE CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY’S SHIPWRECKS (I FORGOT):
HIERONYMUS BOSCH (ESSENTIAL) WILHELM REICH THE MYSTICAL PORNOGRAPHY OF CHARLES MAGNUS THE MULTICOLORED EROTICA OF TOM WESSELMAN JOHN CAGE JULIAN BECK JUDITH MALINA & HER LIVING THEATRE (AND FINALLY) THE MARQUIS DE SADE HECTOR APOLINAR ROBERTO BOLAÑO JOSÉ REVUELTAS (AND HIS DISCOVERY THAT DIALECTICS SOMETIMES ALSO WALKS LIKE A CRAB) JUDITH GARCÍA CLAUDIA SOL (AND EVEN ON CLOUDY DAYS) CLAUDIA SOL
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WE CAN SHOOT TWO REVOLVERS AT ONCE / SAID BUFFALO BILL MORE THAN ONCE
STUPIDITY ISN’T OUR FORTE
(ALFRED JARRY DIXIT)
