May 23, 2002
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Very cool artwork made out of pieces of toast of various done-ness. "The toaster toasts and when it does this it reproduces itself." If I had a nickel for every time I made that observation. (via Bifurcated Rivets)
pracowity, I don't recall reading any mention of feces in the article. Did you come up with that idea yourself? If so, you have what it takes to become a major player in the art world.
posted by Faze at 10:53 AM on May 23, 2002
posted by Faze at 10:53 AM on May 23, 2002
Ultimately, the toaster is an apology for the quality of our bread.
It attempts, heroically, to transform the semi-sweet, characterless,
"plastic" packaged bread that we have learned to love into something
more palatable and more manageable... Every piece of toast is a tragedy.
--From Arthur Asa Berger's Crux of Toast.
I wish I could find the rest of the above quote, it was in Harper's like 12 years ago.
posted by malphigian at 11:03 AM on May 23, 2002
It attempts, heroically, to transform the semi-sweet, characterless,
"plastic" packaged bread that we have learned to love into something
more palatable and more manageable... Every piece of toast is a tragedy.
--From Arthur Asa Berger's Crux of Toast.
I wish I could find the rest of the above quote, it was in Harper's like 12 years ago.
posted by malphigian at 11:03 AM on May 23, 2002
Overlooking the fact that the bread is of course heated to make the design, it is indeed a "very cool artwork." Nice link.
It's also much more relevant to our daily lives than, say, the Pope being hit by a meteor.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:11 AM on May 23, 2002
It's also much more relevant to our daily lives than, say, the Pope being hit by a meteor.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:11 AM on May 23, 2002
In a juvenile moment, i sniggered at the url... let one rip, bro...
posted by wibbler at 3:17 PM on May 23, 2002
posted by wibbler at 3:17 PM on May 23, 2002
All together now: "Toast is a toaster's way of making another toaster."
posted by alumshubby at 7:37 PM on May 23, 2002
posted by alumshubby at 7:37 PM on May 23, 2002
"As in all the work by FA+, there are many things happening on many levels, at the same time."
How many levels exactly? I counted 12.
Sorry, it's a nice picture and a cool idea but why do people feel they have to dress these thing in so much pretentious wanky art bollocks?
posted by Spoon at 1:19 AM on May 24, 2002
How many levels exactly? I counted 12.
Sorry, it's a nice picture and a cool idea but why do people feel they have to dress these thing in so much pretentious wanky art bollocks?
posted by Spoon at 1:19 AM on May 24, 2002
> I don't recall reading any mention of feces in the article.
OK, I made it up.
> If so, you have what it takes to become a major player
> in the art world.
That may be truer than you think. But if I were to make this particular piece, I believe it would have to be attributed to "the workshop of pracowity" because I'm just not, let's say, prolific enough to do something like that within a reasonable time.
posted by pracowity at 4:13 AM on May 24, 2002
OK, I made it up.
> If so, you have what it takes to become a major player
> in the art world.
That may be truer than you think. But if I were to make this particular piece, I believe it would have to be attributed to "the workshop of pracowity" because I'm just not, let's say, prolific enough to do something like that within a reasonable time.
posted by pracowity at 4:13 AM on May 24, 2002
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