jordan geiger wrote:
> In one of the shops along the Treppenstrasse (part of the documenta
> parcours in Kassel), a poster is displayed amongst other non-official
> souvenirs for the event: entitled "Kassel by Night", the poster consists
> of a black plane with a red X on it. The gag, a visual one-liner, is
> part of a global work-in-progress by an anonymous artists collective.
> It's the "(city name here)" by Night series of postcards and posters.
> It may be a sort of blurring of Brian's description. The documenta logo,
> itself enigmatic but certainly a critical act, is turned critically
> rightside up again. It is repositioned within its rightful system of
> capitalist, unified Germany. It's a cheap dumb product to some. It is
> also a potential imaginistic criticism of subjectivities latent in dx's
> own construction. It could be a part of the city's life, or a part of
> us, or vice versa. It awaits our position.
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