Monday, October 6, 2008

MY MEAT MUSEUM

Ryan Hartigan

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:

ThingTheory said...
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ThingTheory said...

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.

EXP said...

Here is that site I mentioned:

http://www.offalgood.com/site/

Hollis