Archive for March 16th, 2006

lifeguard story

Scene 1

Person 1: We need a new lifeguard. Can you swim?

Person 2: Yes.

Person 1: You sure?

Person 2: Yeah, I’ve been swimming steadily and regularly for two years.

Person 1: Ok great. Oh by the way, can you go to this meeting with Central Underwater Integrity Team about pool cleaning?

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barney + bjork = _?_

The inevitable and inaccessible answer: Drawing Restraint 9

The core idea of Drawing Restraint 9 is the relationship between self-imposed resistance and creativity, a theme it symbolically tracks through the construction and transformation of a vast sculpture of liquid Vaseline, called “The Field”, which is molded, poured, bisected and reformed on the deck of the ship over the course of the film.

I once visited the Guggenheim when Cremaster Cycle 3 was on exhibit. End of story.