6.20.2010

A reason not to be an expert


I am in Murcia, Spain right now, doing research for an upcoming biennial called Manifesta. The Action Mill is one of four groups of artists/people who do stuff in the "real" world that have "real" effects. The four groups were put in a set and filmed having a discussion about criticality in art production, questioning how it relates to changing destructive systems. It was a hard couple of days having interesting discussions, needless to say.

This is an image of the cathedral in Murcia, which has an incredible carved stone chain from the Baroque period (if it ain't baroque...don't...uugh). Once the artisan completed carving the chain, the patron had his eyes plucked out so that he would never be able to make another.

If that's a reason not to be good at anything, I don't know what is.

2 comments:

Violeta said...

Yes... crazy thing... crazy period of time... and crazy Vélez family...

supersovak said...

wow, I didn't see that story. Was too busy looking for ghost traces of the mosque the cathedral was apparently built on. Or collective plucking of the eyes I guess. Gotta watch who you do business with I guess. AND read the fine print!!!