David Perlick Molinari says:
This picture reminds me of the scene in the original Batman movie where Jack Nicholson and his goons rudely paint over all the most famous pieces of art while listening to Prince. I remember when I first saw that scene a while back -- I must have been in grade school. It really irked me. These beautiful pieces of our history were being destroyed by bad guys. I remember feeling so uncomfortable . . . it just seemed so dark and despicable . . . Like I felt mad! Now, looking back, I find inspiration in the same thing that used to make me sick. Just dipping into, for a moment, the feelings I used to feel about that scene reminds me of who I am. The nostalgic breath so tickles me now that I laugh at it instead of cringing. I by no means condone the Joker's actions as a model of good behavior but I find myself cheering them along . . . take that, Renoir! My mom has a print of that painting hanging up in her dining room.
Robert Perlick Molinari says:
So here in this picture, we’ve got a grand ballroom, an archaic computer, and a horizontally inclined Greco-Roman statue of a man throwing a discus. For us right now, they all simply look a bit old. The whole thing looks like a huge retro blast coming out of the back of a speeding Delorean. Though they all are classified into the same ancient age group, each individual image was created hundreds of years apart from each other. They definitely want to make some image intercourse -- I can tell. They’ve never even seen each other until now. . .
So from our computer, in our studio, we have been able to combine all three of these images into this clashing cantabulous collage of art, music and dance so that they can mingle. What kind of love-fest will go on now that this is a possibility? I’m anticipating missiles and bombs of the disco/dance/classical/rock/pop/fake variety :)
This sounds good, right, but is it really actually good? What about all the French horn players that can’t create this kind of picture with their instrument? A musician that plays a single instrument is like one of these three items—probably closest to the European ballroom pic. In order to make a complete piece, they need to collaborate with others and form an orchestra or band.
Speaking from experience, I guess a French horn player would get upset. Maybe he would even slash things out with a big red marker. It looks like he’s frustrated . . . but really he just wants to dance.
We make music on a computer, perform with one at a dance hall, and people’s heads are turned upside down. Essentially, what we do at a show is like what’s going on in this picture. And we’re the French horn player. "
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