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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Barman on May 15, 2007, 07:12:06 AM

Title: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2007, 07:12:06 AM
I saw an article on the news this morning about a ?work of art? which is essentially a glass room full of fog. I can?t find the link on the BBC web site unfortunately. No doubt somebody got a grant/commission for this ?project? ? probably thousands.  noooo:

So it made me think? I wonder if we could get a grant for this ?project?. I don?t see that it has any less value ? it is certainly ?accessible?, it is certainly ?unique? and ?evolving? ? why not? We just have to produce some pretentious description for it to present to the ?luvvies? and we?ll be away.

A friend of mine started a ?Gourmet Club? when he was at teacher training college ? they got a big grant and the (surprisingly small) membership used it to go out and eat/drink at top restaurants. You see, I figure it?s not the idea or the result that counts but having the balls to ask.

So, we?re looking for pretentious descriptions of this site to present to the arts council or some such and anybody with links or contacts to the aforementioned body. Oh, and we need to decide what to do with all the money too!

This week the arts council ? next week lottery good causes?  happy088
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Bar Room Bore on May 15, 2007, 07:24:16 AM
Our bathroom often fills with steam in that way. I fear that the artist in question may once have visited us, perhaps when he was a small child, visiting with his parents, I don't recall, but Mrs Bore claims to remember him coming. All small children look alike to me. Still, it is good to know that our bathroom has inspired a work of art. Or it may have been a different bathroom.
 drumroll: (more interesting)
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Sour Puss on May 15, 2007, 07:28:58 AM
I saw an article on the news this morning about a ?work of art? which is essentially a glass room full of fog. I can?t find the link on the BBC web site unfortunately. No doubt somebody got a grant/commission for this ?project? ? probably thousands.  noooo:

This week the arts council ? next week lottery good causes?  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2007, 07:35:38 AM
I saw an article on the news this morning about a ?work of art? which is essentially a glass room full of fog. I can?t find the link on the BBC web site unfortunately. No doubt somebody got a grant/commission for this ?project? ? probably thousands.  noooo:

This week the arts council ? next week lottery good causes?  happy088

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm
And?  whacky115
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 15, 2007, 10:09:01 AM
How about some turnip carvings?
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2007, 10:10:13 AM
How about some turnip carvings?
How about some turnip carvings?  whacky115
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 15, 2007, 10:14:53 AM
How about some turnip carvings?
How about some turnip carvings?  whacky115
Well, you must have heard of the Turnip Prize for literature.

It is only a matter of time. . .


Have a smite you Philistine
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 15, 2007, 10:32:03 AM
How about some turnip carvings?
How about some turnip carvings?  whacky115
Well, you must have heard of the Turnip Prize for literature.

It is only a matter of time. . .


Have a smite you Philistine
Is it like the Booker Prize for, um books?

Then we should apply for the pubic prize shouldn?t we?

I smite you back
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 15, 2007, 10:35:50 AM
How about some turnip carvings?
How about some turnip carvings?  whacky115
Well, you must have heard of the Turnip Prize for literature.

It is only a matter of time. . .


Have a smite you Philistine
Is it like the Booker Prize for, um books?

Then we should apply for the pubic prize shouldn?t we?

I smite you back
[despair]OK[/despair]
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Misunderstood on May 15, 2007, 03:03:32 PM
Quote from: Barman
Oh, and we need to decide what to do with all the money too!

May I suggest a monthly admin get-together and piss-up?

How about Malta?
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Pastis on May 15, 2007, 05:22:51 PM
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How about Malta?

A goodwill tour in return for them having given Scooch top marks in the Balkanvision Song contest?
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Grumpmeister on May 15, 2007, 05:27:14 PM
If Tracey Ermin can call a bed that she has used as a toilet a piece of modern art then I'm pretty sure I can fit a glass tank full of rotting food, seal it and sell it as a piece of art damning the culture of waste we have here.

I'm sure there would be some gullible american 'art' collector who would pay a small fortune for it.  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Misunderstood on May 15, 2007, 06:13:37 PM
Quote from: Bouncer link=topic=233. msg2750#msg2750 date=1179241412
How about Malta?

A goodwill tour in return for them having given Scooch top marks in the Balkanvision Song contest?

 redface:  Oh!  THAT Malta  (Backs away quietly)  whistle:
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 16, 2007, 05:45:26 AM
If Tracey Ermin can call a bed that she has used as a toilet a piece of modern art then I'm pretty sure I can fit a glass tank full of rotting food, seal it and sell it as a piece of art damning the culture of waste we have here.

I'm sure there would be some gullible american 'art' collector who would pay a small fortune for it.  eveilgrin:
Thank you!  drumroll:

That idea ? Virtual Pub Art Incorporated 2007  whistle:

My fiendish plan produces results at last?
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2007, 10:01:16 AM
If Tracey Ermin can call a bed that she has used as a toilet a piece of modern art then I'm pretty sure I can fit a glass tank full of rotting food, seal it and sell it as a piece of art damning the culture of waste we have here.

I'm sure there would be some gullible american 'art' collector who would pay a small fortune for it.  eveilgrin:

Errrr I think you may be looking at the bar snacks display unit.

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barmans.co.uk%2Fproductimg%2F11049.jpg&hash=ebd1acae80158bf4a363c69ce150f46a262609f4)
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 17, 2007, 10:20:34 AM
Quote from: Barman
Oh, and we need to decide what to do with all the money too!

May I suggest a monthly admin get-together and piss-up?

How about Malta?
If we go do you think the budget would stretch to a stripper? ;)

And if so, would she be a Malteaser?  drumroll:
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Snoopy on May 17, 2007, 10:25:50 AM
'Prolly a Polo ~ given the mint you must be making over this bar. drumroll:
Title: Re: Modern/Performance Art
Post by: Barman on May 17, 2007, 11:14:46 AM
'Prolly a Polo ~ given the mint you must be making over this bar. drumroll:
I'm not.  char048