Comments on: conceptual terrorism http://www.haibane.info/2007/10/16/conceptual-terrorism/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Quorlox http://www.haibane.info/2007/10/16/conceptual-terrorism/#comment-1140 Quorlox Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:00:01 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/10/16/conceptual-terrorism/#comment-1140 I've always liked jello. To understand the purpose of the attack, you'd probably need to know what flavor it was. I’ve always liked jello. To understand the purpose of the attack, you’d probably need to know what flavor it was.

]]> By: Anachronda http://www.haibane.info/2007/10/16/conceptual-terrorism/#comment-1139 Anachronda Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:43:46 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2007/10/16/conceptual-terrorism/#comment-1139 Hmm. Sounds like a Christo project. And makes about as much sense. A friend and I refer to Christo as "The Art Murderer". A couple of people died during the installation of The Umbrellas, and it struck us that viewing it as a scenario for a perfect murder could finally explain Christo's work. The theory being that, decades ago, he decided to kill someone, but didn't want to go to jail. So he carefully goes about preparing a reputation as an artist who constructs very large, apparently pointless works of art. Once his style is well known, it's now possible to have a carefully crafted "industrial accident", causing no suspicion because large art is a risky business and accidents happen. The mysterious large artworks of the past were merely elaborate preparation of an alibi. Hmm. Sounds like a Christo project. And makes about as much sense.

A friend and I refer to Christo as “The Art Murderer”. A couple of people died during the installation of The Umbrellas, and it struck us that viewing it as a scenario for a perfect murder could finally explain Christo’s work. The theory being that, decades ago, he decided to kill someone, but didn’t want to go to jail. So he carefully goes about preparing a reputation as an artist who constructs very large, apparently pointless works of art. Once his style is well known, it’s now possible to have a carefully crafted “industrial accident”, causing no suspicion because large art is a risky business and accidents happen. The mysterious large artworks of the past were merely elaborate preparation of an alibi.

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