Noam Chomsky Interview by Cornelia Parker 3/3

"I am an artist living in London writing to ask you a favour. I was wondering whether it would be at all possible for me to visit you at MIT [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology] in order to record a video conversation based on your thoughts about the unfolding environmental disaster now threatening our world. I have read with great interest and trepidation your observations on the probability of nuclear annihilation (apocalypse soon), and would greatly value a chance to discuss in more detail the threat of this other, slower, but equally devastating apocalypse. I would be very grateful to have your consideration on how we have come to this critical point in history. Why the powers of the world are so slow in acting to try to prevent this catastrophe and why the American government appears to be in denial about it."

-Cornelia Parker to Noam Chomsky


"On 13 February 2008 a new exhibition by Parker opened at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, organised in partnership with Friends of the Earth. It featured a 40 minute film - Chomskian Abstract, 2007 - presenting her interview with the world-renowned writer and theorist Noam Chomsky. Exhibited alongside Chomskian Abstract, 2007, Parker's Poison and Antidote Drawings, 2004 featured black ink containing snake venom and white ink containing anti venom."

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[AbramCortinas]

where r the questions? 

[Arkinight]

White man's burden.

[Keinlicht]

@mgketteridge And yet they never answer the logical follow-up: Free of what?

Would not the Powerful and Privileged of any nation declare to its populace that they are among the few, the lucky, the society of free men?

It strains credulity to believe that this is not simple conceit of those who would wish apathy upon the masses. If the history of the struggle of humanity has taught us anything it is that we can never rest in the pursuit to rid ourselves of arbitrary authority.

[s0673451]

People of all countries unite! We have nothing to lose but our chains!

[mgketteridge]

Noam Chomsky exposes he stories we a fed by the corporate/state tamed media.

He says we are thus being manipulated ; how we are persuaded to consume stuff about which we are given no facts and which we don't really need and how we are manipulated to believe the baddies are coming in order to keep us docile and obedient . The corporate employee may be a good family man, but in his corporate role must strive to benefit the share holders or be forced out.

And we are told that we are free!

[mgketteridge]

Noam Chomsky exposes he stories we a fed by the corporate/state tamed media.

He says we are thus being manipulated ; how we are persuaded to consume stuff about which we are given no facts and which we don't really need and how we are manipulated to believe the baddies are coming in order to keep us docile and obedient . The corporate employee may be a good family man, but in his corporate role must strive to benefit the share holders or be forced out.

And we are told that we free!