“Short Cut” in the MCA/Chicago Plaza

2006.10.30

Short-Cut

^ Short Cut Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, 2003

I couln’t find anything about this piece on the Internet in the usual ways. So I just called the MCA and got the title & artist. Now, if anyone searches for “Who is the artist that make the jacknifed car pulling a trailer camper that is poping exploding wrecking accident bursting through the MCA Chicago front steps plaza concrete tiles?” Then they might pull up this page and see just who did make it.

Massive Change

^ Exhibition poster derived from Bruce Mau’s visionary design book of the same name.

Bruce Mau is the most widely-known graphic designer in Canada. But as a celebrity, most folks don’t know he’s a graphic designer. Americans barely know that Michael Graves is an architect or that Philip Starck is an industrial designer, or that Karim Rashid is a fashion designer. We do know they make stuff to buy at Target. Anyway, Bruce made waves with his ambitious books, calling for immediate change on a global scale.

At the MCA, they didn’t charge admission because the installation in progress was occupying 40% of their gallery space. It was fun, though. I got to see them installing the exhibit and got a contact buzz from the adhesives. Then Dan Flavin’s Pink & Gold full room installation was that much more magnificent.

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Yeah, but did you see the new iPhone 3G?! I’m thinking of buying one because I’ve been brainwashed by Apple’s marketing campaign and I agree I’m really not cool until I get one.

No, for real, though, the United States is like Rome with the Barbarians at the gate; oblivious to the destruction at hand because of all the great stuff that lulls us into a false sense of security. I like what this guy wrote:

“It has been observed that nations and empires have “life cycles.” This has been studied by many historians throughout the years and most have come to the same conclusion: a lifetime of about two centuries. And they all seem to go through the same life cycle: “from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependence back again into bondage (Alexander Tyler, 1750).

“Where are we in this cycle? We, too, have gone from bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage which established our precious liberty, which, in turn, has given us unprecedented abundance that has made us the envy of the world. That abundance, however, has led to complacency and apathy. Ask almost anyone, “What is the biggest problem in America? Is it ignorance or is it apathy?” They are likely to answer, “I don’t know and I don’t care!”

“This apathy will ultimately lead to dependency and then return us to the very bondage that this nation was founded to deliver us from.”–SLEEPING IN AMERICA, Koinonia House newsletter

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Fry tofu in my oil blend (canola, soy, olive and “Mongolian Fire”). Then add one jar of tikka masala sauce!

It’s total cheating, I know. I’ll have to get a recipe. From what I understand it’s like tomato soup with spices.

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