Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Stagnant Ideas of Originality

Prepare to have your mind blown, to feel challenged, perplexed, and perhaps a little disgruntled:




A few choice quotes:
 
“The choices that we make are as expressive of ourselves as any kind of personal narrative we might do about our family or growing up. We've just never been taught to value those choices.”
 
“There is so much information out there already that really one need not create anymore.”
 
“You look at a blog like Boing Boing. They don’t make anything. They point. Being pointed at by Boing Boing far outweighs the thing at which they are pointing. So making has become secondary to pointing.”

"The voice hydrates the driest of texts."

I do believe Kenneth Goldsmith has discovered theatre.

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