gray/matter » art http://www.stormlight.org/gray/matter a mix of black and white Sat, 14 May 2011 19:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Permanent Vacation” by Cory Arcangel http://www.stormlight.org/gray/matter/2008/04/07/permanent-vacation-by-cory-arcangel/ http://www.stormlight.org/gray/matter/2008/04/07/permanent-vacation-by-cory-arcangel/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:44:45 +0000 gray http://www.stormlight.org/gray/matter/2008/04/07/permanent-vacation-by-cory-arcangel/ Although it falls into that gray area of ‘conceptual’ art, frequently maligned alongside modernism as "it’s not Art if I could do it," this setup – two computers locked in an endless loop of dueling ‘out of office’ auto-responders – is immediately evocative. Beyond the mundane, it speaks of practical infinity, loop logic, meaningless marked time, and a kind of electronic ennui. And yet, by their absence the purported recipients have achieved a kind of escape from the soulless, flickering-fluorescent barren that is life constrained by the Outlook inbox.

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I wonder if there exists a category of open source concept art – examples like this one that you can re-create yourself from the original blueprint. The future of home fabrication, e.g. FabLab, even further dilutes the notion of ‘original.’

If ProgressQuest is akin to a line stretching to infinity, "Permanent Vacation" is more of an Ouroboros. 

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