At a recent exhibition of some of John Latham's archives, there was a small blue piece of card or paper with the following:
art and technology (1) 1970
make a device that does less than any known amount
There are several things I like about this.
It seems to me to be a perfect synthesis of art and technology.
Impossible, yet will be achieved.
I like less, rather than more.
It leaves me curious about 'art and technology (2)'
I like that this is written down, like an every day 'to do' list.
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15.4.10
The Future Found
The following are proposals for T.V. pilot shows. Many are already under production. Others are for sale to private or public networks, please enquire after individual prices...
"Your place or mine" (location: the walls of a medieval village, dismembered heads on spikes hold conversations amongst one another/ related idea: heads caught in basket under guillotine speak amongst themselves)
"Dry Clean Only" (set in a drycleaners, each episode the story revolves around a stain on an item of clothing that has been brought in, how it got there, etc. 90% of stains will be sexual fluids. Adult Content)
"Crappola" (one man's continually unsuccessful attempt to sell the brand "Crappola" to cereal companies as a commercially viable product name)
"The Glass House" (standard situation comedy, except the characters live in a glass house, which is never alluded to)
"Countdown to Nowhere" (dramatization of final hours of the Waco Siege)
"It's raining misery" (set in a publishing research house, where the current project concerns the formation of a new dictionary. The same person is continually given non-existent words to research).
"Learning to love what I love about you." (Remake of "The Upper Hand")
"Penny for 'em" (set in lost property office, each episode recounts how a particular item came to be lost. Already under production, the show has received positive test screenings. 1st episode sees a gentleman arrive at a train station, which unfortunately doesn't have a baggage storing facility. Upon asking the lost property office if he can leave his bag with them, he is told that they can hold lost property only. He then sets about trying to lose his bag on purpose, with disastrous consequences)
"Vigilante" (this one does what it says on the tin)
"Tick tock ta mane" (still in embryonic stages)
"Your place or mine" (location: the walls of a medieval village, dismembered heads on spikes hold conversations amongst one another/ related idea: heads caught in basket under guillotine speak amongst themselves)
"Dry Clean Only" (set in a drycleaners, each episode the story revolves around a stain on an item of clothing that has been brought in, how it got there, etc. 90% of stains will be sexual fluids. Adult Content)
"Crappola" (one man's continually unsuccessful attempt to sell the brand "Crappola" to cereal companies as a commercially viable product name)
"The Glass House" (standard situation comedy, except the characters live in a glass house, which is never alluded to)
"Countdown to Nowhere" (dramatization of final hours of the Waco Siege)
"It's raining misery" (set in a publishing research house, where the current project concerns the formation of a new dictionary. The same person is continually given non-existent words to research).
"Learning to love what I love about you." (Remake of "The Upper Hand")
"Penny for 'em" (set in lost property office, each episode recounts how a particular item came to be lost. Already under production, the show has received positive test screenings. 1st episode sees a gentleman arrive at a train station, which unfortunately doesn't have a baggage storing facility. Upon asking the lost property office if he can leave his bag with them, he is told that they can hold lost property only. He then sets about trying to lose his bag on purpose, with disastrous consequences)
"Vigilante" (this one does what it says on the tin)
"Tick tock ta mane" (still in embryonic stages)
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