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Rachel
rachel at as220 dot org
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The AS220 Stinktank is a new project; it came out of a growing number of requests for AS220's viewpoint on issues facing artists and a longtime desire on the part of Bert and Shawn to create a thinktank. In our first conversation we discussed the "mulch model" of urban development (as opposed to the petri dish model). In keeping with our ideas about ferment, we've decided to call ourselves a stinktank. Our website is still under development, but in the meantime I've decided to post some of our writing here.
Fri, 25 Jun 2004
Tom Sgouros asked us a while back if we could think of any modern-day
pop music analogues for Andrew Marvel's poem To His Coy
Mistress. The poem is essentially about not putting off
pleasure--after all, we won't live forever. It's a pretty racy poem,
but because it's written in pretty poetic language it often ends up in
9th grade English textbooks. At the time, we were discussing how, over
time, even the most scandalous art becomes cannonical and we forget the
controversy it created. We were wondering whether in 100 years Li'l Kim
will be part of a lesson plan on early 21st century music.
Anyway, the rest of us lost track of that discussion thread, but Tom
kept thinking about it--recently, he put together this radio
piece based on some of his research.
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004
Andre the Giant has a posse -- 7'4", 520 lbs.
In 1988, Shepard Fairey moved to Providence from South Carolina to attend RISD. At the time he was already into punk and skate culture, but it was the sticker scene in Providence that played an integral role in his artistic development. Fairey goes so far as to say that it changed his life--and he's right. In the summer of 1989 he put up the first Andre the Giant sticker. Today that image--the stenciled black-and-white face, the crude handwriting, the enigmatic message--can be found around the world. You've probably seen one, maybe in the airport, maybe in a bathroom. In fact, once you start noticing the stickers, you'll realize how widespread they are.