William Burroughs - rejected from the RomaEuropaWebFactory Prize

http://www.romaeuropa.org

"I am William Burroughs.
I could not participate to RomaEuropaWebFactory.
Damn those bloody suckers couldn't tell art if it hit them in the forehead.
Deep shadows, close down over culture when culture is not able to catch up with the world it lives in.
I could not participate to RomaEuropaWebFactory.
I could not participate because I am an old man, cutting up pieces of paper, lookig for hidden poetry, forgotten literatures in things that have been thrown away, forgotten, put away, stashed in the trash.
I am William Burroughs.
I could not participate to RomaEuropaWebFactory."

William Burroughs, famous for his cut-up technique, allowing for the creation of beautiful literature compositions by remixing pieces of existing works, was rejected from the literature section of the RomaEuropa Web Factory.

"This is not original work!" was the scream of the Jury.

William Burroughs now joined RomaEuropaFAKEFactory, here:

http://www.romaeuropa.org

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• William Burroughs
• romaeuropa
• web factory
• fake factory
• RomaEuropaFAKEFactory
• cut-up
• cutup
• remix
• mashup
• music video

[deajkTUBE]

davvero inverosimile... sono sbigottito: perché farlo tornare per piagnucolare in questo modo? è orribile.

avrebbe un briciolo di senso se almeno l'audio fosse stato creato montando registrazioni autentiche. e magari animato non alla south park..

[xdxdVSxdxd]

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted"

[vernmiller23]

I don't get it. What gives?

[xdxdVSxdxd]

look at the websites in the description, you'll find answers

[arthurclay]

judging from the video, Burroughs was correct in his judgement.

[marianoequizzi]

ahahaahha, troppo bello e troppo vero.

[jamesedwardclard]

what the fuck is this bullshit

fuck you

[xdxdversusxdxd]

we are inviting people to give their contribution. and if you have ideas on how to make new forms of marketing for art nd creativity, you're welcome - as anyone - to contact us, for sure

you'll find lots of people ready to listen and maybe to collaborate in implementing the things you propose, if they like them

it's all quite an open process

and so, well.. thank you for your comments and let's keep on discussing it if you'd like

[xdxdversusxdxd]

i actually like you saying what you think about it

and, to talk about the real issue, REFF is about experimenting new models (creative, art, economic...)

there's lots of people in the project doing several things, and this is just one of them. there's people researching on creativity, on new forms of marketing, on music, on, well, lots of stuff

[recordingsoftheflesh]

my inbox full of chinese viagra ads is quite a problem dude.

lee ranaldo made poetry out of his cut ups emails - but this video is something else.

while REFF might be a lovely project in itself, this promotional tool is kind of bugging - if you ask me.

but that's just me.

[xdxdversusxdxd]

you insist in using a negative attitude towards the word "spam".

contemporary art's history is built on people tranforming something that people call "problem" into "opportunity" and beauty

and, btw, we don't do spam. REFF is actually a lovely project

[recordingsoftheflesh]

at least, that's what YOU think.

the way i see things, the web is all about making things work together. the web is what the user makes out of it.

so, if you spam, let it be.

but don't sell me your propaganda now...

[xdxdversusxdxd]

why, he's so lovely. don't say it sucks, you'll hurt its feelings.

and, about the lawyers: we actually have loooooads of them

have a nice life :)

[xdxdversusxdxd]

well, thank you very much!

spamming is the heart of the web

[recordingsoftheflesh]

a fail is a fail is a fail.

but good luck with the spamming nonetheless!

[recordingsoftheflesh]

it still sucks badly, dude. baaaaaadly.

got nothing to do with the realization in itself, it's just a lousy overdone concept blasting in the very face of somebody who'd prolly laugh real hard at the whole thing.

or prolly get an army of lawyers to settle down for some money.

either way, this fails.