December
December is my birth month.
My astrologer (sic) said that the time I was born on, on the 22nd, just barely qualifies me as a Sagittarius. An hour or two later and I'd have been an overachiever, a persistent, practical, and sensitive Capricorn. Phew.
Sagittarians, yes — Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Miley Cyrus!
But also Frank Zappa, Rainer Maria Rilke, Woody Allen, Joseph Conrad, Willa Cather, Philip K. Dick, Ira Gershwin, Noam Chomsky, Noel Coward, John Kennedy Toole, Jean Genet, et al.
I am gifting myself, on 31 December, an exit from Facebook.
I am gifting YOU a new video/music — and some art.
New video, with new music . . . Rat Point Of View
(2 minutes)
Get Immersed
With traditional art forms, such as paintings, sculptures, and collages — the viewer generally observes the work from a distance.
These days art is more likely squinted at on a screen — often the size of a smartphone. However, with these newfangled multi-media immersive exhibitions, the viewer is placed hyperbolically inside the artwork and can let loose with the ooohs and ahhs and WOWs! Art imitating a rollercoaster. Trippy, dude.
Every famous dead artist — Van Gogh, Monet, Kahlo, Dali (with Pink Floyd soundtrack), Chagall, Gaudi, Picasso — will eventually have an "immersive" show in New York City. They're about the price of an IMAX movie — and while there are no buckets of popcorn, you can rest assured there will be a gift shop.
Stand inside The Starry Night as the producers of these events swirl blues and yellows on the walls and floor. If he was a party organizer, how would Vincent have decorated a disco?
Now, even a few living artists are getting the treatment.
2022 brought a Banksy: Genius or Vandal Immersive to 14th Street in New York.
And the Summer of 2023 — the AleXander Hirka Immersive.
In case you missed it here are a few photos taken at the Anomalous Museum.
You can also see some of these works, immersive only through your imagination —> HERE <-
The basket, over which hangs the holly, remains by the door . . .
(Thanks for the spondulix, you know who you are.)
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If you appreciate what I do - this work - this writing, this art - if you think it is a valuable contribution to the human experiment on the planet - please consider throwing some bucks my way. Your contributions will help me to maintain my luxurious lifestyle of frivolity and pleasure in these senior years.
HirkArt™© PayPal.
Thanks for reading!!
