Glad I'm not an artist (I think)

[joshbu]

So last night I went to the openeing of a new exhibit at this place called Consolodated Works here in sunny Seattle. It's basically a huge old warehouse where artist types show off their stuff to the art-loving public. They have theatres (2,) a stage, a coffee stand, 2 bars, and a huge gallary area.

Last nights showing was basically models wearing really skimpy outfits posing seductively in front of sets built up to be things like clearcuts, meatpacking plants, an artic scene with baby seals, the stock market etc...

The point is, in the artists words:

In Puccinelli’s exhibition the world of high fashion collides head on with inevitable brutalities of real life. This collision is a radical display of dazzle camouflage; distracting the public with glitz while underneath there exists the disruptive force of moral and ethical dilemmas. The installation consists of five enormous environments that are reminiscent of television soundstages or history museum dioramas. Each set deals with power and our own ability to accept morally and ethically confusing situations when they come wrapped in a slick package. The five settings present different situations in which something is killed, or someone is controlling a murderous situation – a slaughter house, a clear cut forest, a luxurious missile launching facility, the stock exchange, and an Artic tundra complete with baby fur seals. On opening night the sets will come alive with fashion models posing and interacting with the scenery, while photographers flash away and a doting crowd gathers to watch. The resulting juxtaposition is horrifying, but altogether too close to current spreads in trendy fashion magazines.

Which, in other words means that if I'm attaracted to the models, I'm bad. Or at least morally ambigous.

Here's a pic:

http://www.conworks.org/visuals/fraud_visart_125.JPG

Nice, eh?

Needless to say the place was packed with guys dressed in strange stuff (zoot suits, haute culture, etc...) and lots of hot chicks.

So, the message I take away from this is:

1. Insult your audience.
2. Even in haute culture, sex sells.
3. Hot chicks go for artist types.
4. I'm a complete foreigner to this stuff. It makes no sense to me and I think it's sort of vaguely against people like me.

Which way back to the mountains?

[splat]

Originally posted by joshbu
Which way back to the mountains?

You mean where beautiful snowcapped mountains catching the auburn glimmer of an orange/red alpenglow with mysteriously wispy cirrus clouds phlingling offset the last skier of the day still catching faceshots on an untracked path back to the lodge, where friends enjoy brewskies and share smiles and tales of epic neckdeep kapoofy powder in front of a crackling fireplace?

All while an innocent marmot suffocates in a burrow as a result of a grooming machine's early season impenetrable icecap that cuts off it's air supply as the poor rodent enters the big snooze?

[gonzo]

i like history museum dioramas...i'm idaho!

[splat]

Originally posted by gonzo
i like history museum dioramas...i'm idaho!

Gonz, I didn't know you were so artistically esoteric. I liked the pilgrims crossing the prairie at dusk set inside the giant potato...

[SkiDawg93546]

That chick about to club the baby seal is really hot. Now I'm not for clubbing baby seals (and come on, does this really happen, who the hell is clubbing baby seals??? And if they are being clubbed isn't it for a worthy cause, like to feed some eskimo family??? whatever) back to my point. I think the chick about to club the baby seal is hot, I like looking at her, and besides, thats not a real seal and she's not really clubbing it, so can't we just enjoy our hot sexy model type chicks without someone trying to make me feel bad about a baby seal thats not even there and not even being clubbed and if it was it was for a good reason anyway??? Maybe if it was a smurf she was about to club we'd all feel better.

Then I guess we'd be missing the big important point now wouldn't we...

nevermind

[FreakofSnow]

Originally posted by gonzo
i like history museum dioramas...i'm idaho!

Simpson's...nice

[fiddler]

Originally posted by SkiDawg93546
(and come on, does this really happen, who the hell is clubbing baby seals??? And if they are being clubbed isn't it for a worthy cause, like to feed some eskimo family???

The baby seals get clubbed to make baby seal fur coats, not to feed anyone. And that model is way too skinny to be hot anyway.

[trainnvain]

A baby seal walks into a bar and sits down at a stool.
The bartender walks over and says "whadda gonna have today?"
To that the seal replies "anything but Canadian Club!".

Ouch.

[CascadeCrudSkier]

Originally posted by joshbu
So last night I went ....here in sunny Seattle. lots of hot chicks.

I didn't really read the rest of your post, but I have a question...where is this place?

[joshbu]

Originally posted by CascadeCrudSkier
I didn't really read the rest of your post, but I have a question...where is this place?

Well "sunny" might be a bit of a stretch, but, as I have long suspected, there are MANY hot females in Seattle. As near as I can tell, they don't go to clubs except in small groups. They go to Starbucks, but again in small groups. They don't go hiking or skiing, but they have been known to step on a boat during the summer. They like art, fashion, and Wild Ginger, and urban sophisticates.

As soon as I have more info, I'll let you know...

btw. www.conworks.org

[scoober]

Originally posted by joshbu
but they have been known to step on a boat during the summer.

I believe it has to technically be classified as a "yacht" before the risk of windblown hair is considered.

[Dr. Crash]

Originally posted by scoober
I believe it has to technically be classified as a "yacht" before the risk of windblown hair is considered.

Yeah, I'd agree, yachts may be what you need to look for if you want hot females. 'Cause I spent the week-end doing 7 races on a real boat, and even when all the boats' crews came back to the yacht club, there really was only one hot female in the whole club and she was on a short leash. Now that was the no-pretense CYC, maybe I should try a fancier yacht club, one with yachts.

drC