Yeah, that's right up there with the 1000 year Song (new window), when it comes to art scams.

That's

As said in the comments, my first thought was, "Sooo put it in a tanning bed on high for a few days and then read the damn thing."

really

Be...sure...to...drink...your...Ovaltine?

But I thought Robert Jordon died...

dumb.

Uh, Anyone ever hear of a lightbulb? A 1000 years of UV doesn't take THAT long under a concentrated bulb.

I'm usually very tolerant when it comes to conceptual artists, but I want to punch that guy in the mouth.

Kierkegaard's Pseudonym: I'm usually very tolerant when it comes to conceptual artists,

I've always felt that conceptual art was just douchebags being douchebags.

What a Dick

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.

nine words, and he's not clever...

It's not even original pretentious shiat.

Well, the story will take me 1000 years to care.

IKillBugs: I've always felt that conceptual art was just douchebags being douchebags.

Usually I can see the validity of the underlying issue and say "Eh, I see what you're going for," but this just feels like a dick move. The guy copyrighted his brain, for fark's sake. He deserves to be punched just for that.

Reminds me of the story of the guy who sold his own poop. He stuck it in small (5 CC) vials and sold it as a work of art.

His poop.

He sold it.

As art.

Punchline? People bought it.

With cashy money.

The book would be better if it was wrapped in an AIDS soaked towel.

i've read the book and; the butler did it.

I agree with earlier comments: Conceptual art is just douchebags being douchebags.


Stick it in a tanning bed and spoil it like the harry potter kid video, IMO

IT'S A COOOOOOOK BOOOOOK!

I

farkingsp0rk: I agree with earlier comments: Conceptual art is just douchebags being douchebags.


Stick it in a tanning bed and spoil it like the harry potter kid video, IMO

Tanning bed? 100W sunlamp>>incidental sunlight on a shelf

I thought James Michener was dead.

oh, BTW Snape kills Dumbledore on page 3423

doglover: farkingsp0rk: I agree with earlier comments: Conceptual art is just douchebags being douchebags.


Stick it in a tanning bed and spoil it like the harry potter kid video, IMO

Tanning bed? 100W sunlamp>>incidental sunlight on a shelf

How bout we just throw it in a fire?

"I'm interested in exploring deep time," the thought experimentalist and Wired contributor explained in an e-mail to Wired.com during a visit to Europe, where he is probably concocting a scheme to wormhole Paris or something.

"Like most people, I live my life in a rush, consuming media on the run," said Keats, who has copyrighted his mind, tried to pass a Law of Identity and attempted to genetically engineer God.

This is on the very far side of the "batshiat insane" line.

Get this 'writer' out of my field. You're why nobody wants to promote the arts anymore. Douchebag.

I think it's a pretty clever idea. I'm not going to wait 1000 years for the words to be revealed, but I like that he's thinking outside the box.

Abstruse: But I thought Robert Jordon died...

Win. As sad as I was that he died before he could finish writing the epic conclusion he had been talking about since book 1, your posting is still accurate.

/never bothered reading the last book, couldn't get all the way through the one before it

spentmiles: doglover: farkingsp0rk: I agree with earlier comments: Conceptual art is just douchebags being douchebags.


Stick it in a tanning bed and spoil it like the harry potter kid video, IMO

Tanning bed? 100W sunlamp>>incidental sunlight on a shelf

How bout we just throw it in a fire?

No good. No point burning the artist's work before A: We know the nine words in like a week, first destroying his vision and B: He's in the fire, being punished for his hubris.

A work of art that "lasts a 1000 years" and is not an order of magnitude larger than normal complex work is not only hubris, but annoying and ineffectual to boot. All this jackass did was write nine words, prolly to tune of "Thanks for waiting for one thousand years, you sucker."

Yeah, burnt with most of those magazines next to the 1000 year song guy. That would be fitting.

Cagey B: Be...sure...to...drink...your...Ovaltine?

Came to post exactly this. Cheers!

Subject matter isn't even new. Method is just stupid.

TFA: The high-quality acid-free paper on which Opium is printed will certainly last that long

Sure, as long as it's kept in a controlled environment, away from the damaging rays of the sun. Oh, wait...

When the internet inevitably uses mad science to read his immortal words, you know it's just going to validate his entire purpose for making this pretentious bullshiat. I'm looking forward to the followup reports and his statements about how we've been so infused by bite-sized media that we seek out and destroy long term art in our compulsive need to consume.

spentmiles: doglover: farkingsp0rk: I agree with earlier comments: Conceptual art is just douchebags being douchebags.


Stick it in a tanning bed and spoil it like the harry potter kid video, IMO

Tanning bed? 100W sunlamp>>incidental sunlight on a shelf

How bout we just throw it in a fire?

You know who else liked to burn books?

Incidentally, I think Hitler would annoy me less in person. This guy is just a moron. He tried to copyright his mind???

Usually you only copyright thinks that someone, somewhere might actually WANT to copy. What a friggin' zero.

IKillBugs: I've always felt that conceptual art was just douchebags being douchebags.

Yay!!!
I had to endure the pretentious brats through art school.
/good art does not need explanation

tinycow71: IKillBugs: I've always felt that conceptual art was just douchebags being douchebags.

Yay!!!
I had to endure the pretentious brats through art school.
good art does not need explanation

jumbo shrimp. graduate student. good art.

wmoonfox: TFA: The high-quality acid-free paper on which Opium is printed will certainly last that long

Sure, as long as it's kept in a controlled environment, away from the damaging rays of the sun. Oh, wait...

Precisely. This guy, despite the "writer" of the article states, is not clever. Not even a little bit. His little "idea" is flawed from the start. The same physical conditions that would expose the words will destroy the magazine. If I didn't have a real job and just sat around all day thinking of stupid shiat to do, I guarantee I could do a helluva lot better. I've had bowel movements that are more ingenious than this guy's "work." That reminds me, I should be off to work. Some people have to actually do productive things in order to make a living and maintain a sense of well-being and belonging in society.

weird.

"The apparition of these faces in the crowd.
Petals--"

Nope. Too long.

If I'm writing something to last 1000 years, I might spend more than 5 minutes effort on the actual words. But then, we can't all be attention whores.

Any author who tries to tell me what speed at which to read her story can go fark herself.

japlemon: I've had bowel movements that are more ingenious than this guy's "work."

Well, if RammaLamma is to believed, then maybe you should try selling them.

Jonathan Keats? Didnt he die of TB about 200 years ago?

I would prefer not to.

Conceptual artist = doing as little work as possible and calling it art?

I'll read the it if it gets good reviews at the end of the 1000 years.

Here's the story.

Time
Is
An
Illusion
Lunchtime
Doubly
So
- Douglas
Adams

Farking plagiarist

He intentionally spells his name in a non-standard manner.

Of course he's a pretentious douchebag.

Iplaybass: I think it's a pretty clever idea. I'm not going to wait 1000 years for the words to be revealed, but I like that he's thinking outside the box.

It's a gimmick, not clever. The artist and author are so narcissistic that they actually seem to think that people will care about this NEXT WEEK, much less that it will become a work with generational significance. Eat dicks. (Uh, them, not you bass)

Hooray, buy our magazine and own innovative art! ... Thanks, but I'll just grab a sheet of black construction paper and scrawl TIME on it in gelly roller ink. I'll put it on my coffee table, and make note of who is impressed, and then sever all ties with them. Then I'll throw it in the trash, where insignificant magazines go after a couple of days.

Cagey B: Be...sure...to...drink...your...Ovaltine?

A crummy commercial?

/shakes tiny fist. u beat me to it, you magnificent basterd.

Bartleby the Scrivener: I would prefer not to.

What you did there, I see it.

Screw the book, I'm waiting for the movie.