Web 2.0 without a web

5 Comments

1. Ruth Brown
   Posted December 5, 2008 at 9:01 am | Permalink

   Hah, yeah, the homeless third world citizens look pretty impressed by the post-modern symbolism of it all.

2. Jonathan Green
   Posted December 5, 2008 at 9:04 am | Permalink

   you suggest i think that imposition of artistic irony is almost worse than deprivation of technology and opportunity. or are we just using the abject in our art to make some point about first-world hippy-art simplicity? none of which does diddly to alter the condition of the downtrodden. etc. blah.

3. Ruth Brown
   Posted December 5, 2008 at 9:53 am | Permalink

   http://blogs.crikey.com.au/crikey/files/2008/12/art.jpg

4. Stilgherrian
   Posted December 5, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

   I’m all for pointing out the massive gap between the world’s haves and have-nots, all for art as a medium for political action blah blah blah… but this is pretty lame art. The “web 2.0 catchphrases” are just obvious brand names, and he’s just daubing them artlessly and then talking pretty average photos.

   Looking through his portfolio, it seems he’s a bit of a one-trick pony too. Like “Democracy” http://www.filippominelli.com/democracy.html … wow, he paints the word “democracy” on the side of a wrecked ship. Wow.

5. Jonathan Green
   Posted December 5, 2008 at 3:08 pm | Permalink

   all right, all right, i wish i’d never mentioned it.