Dark Thought of The Day: Negativland, “The Last Supper”

Negativland: People's Choice for Best Artists (Or Was That 'Anti-Artists'?) of 2009

Dark Thought of the Day:

“As more and more artists try everything they can think of, more and more of everything gets used up.  Yet the insatiable public appetite for aesthetic titillation seems never to be satisfied.  As the masses continue to demand more and more experiences from a limited number of entertainers who take more pills to give more and more, the whole crazy cavalcade appears to be hurtling blindly over the edge of massive self-deception, all pushing and complaining that everyone is not far enough out yet; and there’s a whole horde of hopefuls right behind, nipping at the heels of this gaudy gaggle of lemmings, trying to find a vacant spot in the ranks where they, too, can catch a few rays from the dazzling lights that draw them along.”

– Negativland, “The Last Supper”, from the DVD “No Other Possibility” (1986)

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