“Well, I dislike Surrealism – I think it’s a form of psychiatric policing; they promote the idea that the unconscious is a friend to us; it’s not – it’s an animal … But look at TV adverts today, a mere 60 years after Hoffman synthesised LSD. Consider how readily we accept the manipulation of hallucinations, the creation of flashbacks. Anything is permissible: a man hectomorphs into a milk bottle and the folks at home lap it up.”
Will Self visits the Chapman Brothers for Art World Magazine (online here).
Further: Francis Bacon revisited, (II), (III) / The Peter Saul Manifesto / Bathroom Art by Christoph Niemann / Infoviz Art / The welcome death of the hipster? / the theatrical release of Beautiful Losers / Amanda Visell @ Swindle / Alarm magazine shine a light on Just Seeds collective / Lens Culture featuring Jeff Cowen, Joachim Schmid and Yenny Huber / Lacanian Ink’s articism / Bomb Magazine talk to Catherine Sullivan and Meg Stuart / Steven Campbell retrospective @ Glasgow Print Studio plus the always remarkable Dreaming Methods.
