This thread might come off as yet another anti-America, anti-imperialist rant. However, I wish that it would not degenerate into that. I wish to illustrate a point I made in Order-of-Reason, which was: art and philosophy can be fused and 'dance a wonderful dance'.
Here is example of art from Adbusters ( http://adbusters.org/metas/politico/unbrandamerica/flytheflag.html ) that, IMHO, successfully mingles art and philosophy. Adbusters is basically a counter-consumerist group that uses art as a vector (not merely tool, but vector or means) to express their philosophies.
Also, this is in response to a suggestion on Order-of-Reason re: * Is US foreign policy actively evil or recklessly
malevolent?* Delimiting any country's foreign policy to political/military matters would be seriously
under-appreciating the more 'subtle tools of statecraft', like capitalism, influence in
multinational/supranational bodies like the UN, IMF-WB, regional/world trade orgs, etc.
BTW, this art from Adbusters is my personal response to that topic. ^^
Oh my, such a looong intro. Vamos! I present you with the art, 'The Corporate U.S. Flag'.
Awaiting your reactions/debates/discussions on this piece!
Oh, and if anyone else has some other 'philosophical/political artwork' out there, please do share it in here too! Though we'd have to exercise real caution here: things might turn ugly/flamey... exercise discretion, minna! There's plenty more in Adbusters' site (I am still thinking whether or not to post aplenty of them here...).
Apologeia:
Gomen, minna, for not being able to be up-to-speed in my commitments:commenting, group activities, proposed projects.
Insert here the usual excuses: MA degree, office work, ennui, the scatterbrained-person-that-is-moi. Promise, I am doing
my best in catching up!
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