Georges Bataille, colonialism, urbanisation, consumption, capitalism, sacrifice, Benjamin, barbarism.
THE PORKPIE - Modeled after the classic porkpie hat, this sharp number is made of genuine Louisiana pork.
http://hatsofmeat.com/
This source was Googled, and 'meat hats' were in fact my search terms - I directed a very disturbing production years ago.
Other sources, which will give a fair idea of some of the territory my museum explores:
(Worldcat/Academic Search Premier)
Bataille, Georges. 'The Notion of Expenditure.' Visions of Excess: Selected Writings 1927-1939. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1985.
Benjamin, Walter. 'Eduard Fuchs: Collector and Historian' New German Critique 5 (Spring, 1975): 27-58.
Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore's Dilemma. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
Warehime, Marja. ' "Vision Sauvage" and Images of Culture: Georges Bataille, Editor of Documents.' The French Review, 60. 1 (Oct., 1986): 39-45
Also, as a starting point via google:
NZ close to filling US beef quota.
New Zealand's beef and veal quota to the US is expected to be filled quicker than expected due to making up a shortage caused...goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3256367/NZ-close-to-filling-US.html
Should anyone need further inspiration, feel free to listen to the wise words of Morrissey (and yes, this is extremely tongue-in-cheek):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNSAU2qM64
3 comments:
As the 'keywords' seem to have been obliterated by my complete ineptitude with blogging:
Georges Bataille, colonialism, urbanization, culture, consumption, expenditure, violence, barbarism, civilization.
Add salt as necessary.
Here is that site I mentioned:
http://www.offalgood.com/site/
Hollis
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