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05/14/2019
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Action art
People always think that artists should be grateful when they get an exhibition. Even if you get an exhibition every half year, you would have to sell paintings or sculptures worth half a year's salary if you wanted to make a living. If you're not going to bed with the head of the cultural department, then being an artist is something you can only afford as a hobby. If you earn well, you can make yourself an artist's hairstyle and make important speeches at other people's vernissages. There's no need to make art anymore. Petra (name invented by the editors) is a little bit bitter. This is the opportunity to make action art for Parfumo. The perfumos and perfumas gather in the large hall rented especially for this purpose. Petra has already piled up a big mountain of plastic fruits in the middle of the hall. Diffusers in all four corners atomize Cherry Fantasy by Nina Ricci. That alone is surreal, the synthetic fruits, the matching synthetic fruit scent. Then Petra steps forward theatrically and tips a can of sugar syrup over the fruit. Now you can hear lyrics from speakers:
"Artificial, she said, artificial expectation memory, my money for your money for Nina. And the level dropped low, lower than you can stack. Down there, an artificial fruitflower, twitching with the last breath of its non-existence."
The audience mumbles a little into the beard. Probably everyone thinks of Tom Ford or wants to go far away.
The dramatic climax has been reached. The heart note of Cherry Fantasy is now being nebulised to match. Benzingeruch lies over the synthetic fruits. Petra steps forward, she has changed her clothes and is now wearing a fire brigade uniform. In her hands she holds a garden sprayer on which "petrol" is written in large pink letters. Petra sprinkles some of the liquid on the artificial fruits and lights them. The audience recedes and experiences catharsis: "okay, I'll never buy any perfume again." "Did I leave the stove on at home?" "How long is this going to take?"
The sprinkler's coming on. The audience is showered. Petra, of course. Afterwards she told the press that she had wanted to protest against European legislation with her art of action. Everybody nods, yeah, we get that.
"Artificial, she said, artificial expectation memory, my money for your money for Nina. And the level dropped low, lower than you can stack. Down there, an artificial fruitflower, twitching with the last breath of its non-existence."
The audience mumbles a little into the beard. Probably everyone thinks of Tom Ford or wants to go far away.
The dramatic climax has been reached. The heart note of Cherry Fantasy is now being nebulised to match. Benzingeruch lies over the synthetic fruits. Petra steps forward, she has changed her clothes and is now wearing a fire brigade uniform. In her hands she holds a garden sprayer on which "petrol" is written in large pink letters. Petra sprinkles some of the liquid on the artificial fruits and lights them. The audience recedes and experiences catharsis: "okay, I'll never buy any perfume again." "Did I leave the stove on at home?" "How long is this going to take?"
The sprinkler's coming on. The audience is showered. Petra, of course. Afterwards she told the press that she had wanted to protest against European legislation with her art of action. Everybody nods, yeah, we get that.
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