 
by Rob Labossiere
Instant Coffee's:
THERE IS NO ROMANCE IN TAKING A RISK
INSTANT COFFEE
LOVES EVERYONE
Art Metropole, February 10 - March 3, 2007
Ambivalence and contradictions embedded in artistic
texts produce the art effect. Belief is suspended. Culture reflected.
Taken literally, you might interpret IC's "There is no..." as meaning that
they feel they can't risk offending anyone so they love everyone. That would
pretty well sum up a lot of the aesthetic in art these days. Terrified safe.
The message becomes much more interesting, in the sense of loaded up with
meanings, if you sever the last two lines, which are about as meaningful as
an email signature, from the first three, which might mean:
THERE IS NO ROMANCE IN TAKING A RISK (anymore)
It's just sad if you are so naive as to date bad boys, drive drunk, not
recycle. Naive risk-taking just gets you in trouble: e.g. heart break,
accidents or global warming.
THERE IS NO ROMANCE IN TAKING A RISK (and never was)
Risk is a necessary part of life and we shouldn't fear it: e.g. the Harper
govn't needs to see green energy not as a romantic ideal, therefore risky, but as a necessary step based on scientific observation... in fact in politics there has never been romance in taking risks; every strategy
involves risk, with high stakes.
Note to self: Don't even think about using romance and risk in a single
sentence.
Links:
http://www.artmetropole.com/popups/exhibits/exhibits_07/instant-coffee/ic.html
Rob Labossiere
I thought monofilament produced the art effect. But you are obviously alluding to something more like cracquelure.
The funniest thing about the IC poster is that we can't believe them when they say they love us.
I agree. I read the poster as pernicious nasty nonsense: Everything we say means the oppposite of what we say, even what we are saying right now.
(instant cracquelure (krăkloorŽ) here)
THERE IS NO ROMANCE IN TAKING A RISK also deflates that art school rhetoric that valorized every obnoxious thing I ever did.
But, not to worry, one can always find other excuses.
She's excellent. Those Thriller moves are so distinctive!
Ain't she something, I laughed so hard at her kitty-kat moves when I first found her on journalpics. (I've collected a few more for the next time that someone wants to do a guest review)
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- sally mckay 2-13-2007 6:33 pm
I thought monofilament produced the art effect. But you are obviously alluding to something more like cracquelure.
- J@simpleposie (guest) 2-13-2007 8:17 pm
The funniest thing about the IC poster is that we can't believe them when they say they love us.
- L.M. 2-13-2007 11:43 pm
I agree. I read the poster as pernicious nasty nonsense: Everything we say means the oppposite of what we say, even what we are saying right now.
(instant cracquelure (krăkloorŽ) here)
- sally mckay 2-13-2007 11:46 pm
THERE IS NO ROMANCE IN TAKING A RISK also deflates that art school rhetoric that valorized every obnoxious thing I ever did.
But, not to worry, one can always find other excuses.
- L.M. 2-14-2007 12:51 am
She's excellent. Those Thriller moves are so distinctive!
- nanmac (guest) 2-15-2007 11:22 pm
Ain't she something, I laughed so hard at her kitty-kat moves when I first found her on journalpics. (I've collected a few more for the next time that someone wants to do a guest review)
- L.M. 2-15-2007 11:32 pm