tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post3081256965517224390..comments2024-02-04T03:57:19.271+01:00Comments on Zenobia: Empress of the East: Entropa Rules OKJudith Weingartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-50039939118401141852009-01-28T11:57:00.000+01:002009-01-28T11:57:00.000+01:00I would have thought so, Ridger. :-)I'm wondering...I would have thought so, Ridger. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering what the Czech media is making of all this. Nothing has yet appeared on <A HREF="http://www.signandsight.com/" REL="nofollow">Signandsight.com</A>, which is supposed to be a round-up of (translated) Eurobuzz. I'll update if I find anything.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-63651728353444711382009-01-28T00:24:00.000+01:002009-01-28T00:24:00.000+01:00If you hire Cerny, you should know what you're get...If you hire Cerny, you should know what you're getting.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-13024166505609354012009-01-26T10:45:00.000+01:002009-01-26T10:45:00.000+01:00Well put, Richard. What I found shocking, too, wa...Well put, Richard. <BR/><BR/>What I found shocking, too, was the conceit of governments putting up 'art' for their six months' Buggin's turn, then taking it down -- and nobody noticed or cared. That, in fact, was the point of it: invisible, inoffensive (not to mention indifferent) art. The previous French presidency, for example, had a balloon outside the building, painted like a French flag. <BR/><BR/>Yes, good on Černý.<BR/><BR/>This applecart needs a good shake.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-445762303584952632009-01-25T02:11:00.000+01:002009-01-25T02:11:00.000+01:00I've given this a moment's further thought, and it...I've given this a moment's further thought, and it occurs to me that the usual EU format for these things really does need to have a stick poked at it: the idea that an artist of each nation should represent (invariably) his own homeland, because otherwise there's a chance that offence might be caused - it's almost Soviet Union-like in its assumption of an internationalism beholden to a nice, tame bunch of token nationalisms. The unthinkable danger, and the inevitable outcome whenever the applecart is wobbled, is that someone might say something about someone else, <I>that they might not have chosen to say themselves</I>. (note conflation of nations, artists, governments, the easily-offended, pride, shame etc.)<BR/><BR/>Good on Černý. Note also mild disapproval of tone in report: "a couple of his mates" indeed: it was a team of artists producing a serious work.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-92002712284588646622009-01-22T17:51:00.000+01:002009-01-22T17:51:00.000+01:00Man, I love David Černý's work. Although, being Br...Man, I love David Černý's work. Although, being British, mildly Eurosceptical, and excised, I don't have many grounds for personal complaint - I can well imagine the still quite nationalist-authoritarian Bulgarian government feeling differently. Thanks for drawing my attention to this.<BR/><BR/>The conceit of the airfix sprue is genius, too. I wish I'd thought of that.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.com