[Nettime-bold] Re: <thingist> The End of America

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neither a beginning nor an end

The Western Loop
screenplay and mix by Messieurs Halgand
http://www.quadrant-x.net/W_l/

a pavu.com PROduction, aug 01
embedded midi and mp3 files
quicktime plug-in required



"G.H. Hovagimyan" a *crit :
> 
> I did this piece as a video and text for my Palm
> Rants project.
> <http://artnetweb.com/gh/rants.html>
> 
> It was done on August 31st, 2001.
> 
> How do you think America will end?
> Some say we will be overrun with immigrants.
> Others say we will turn into a country ruled by
> corporations.
> 
> Will we be destroyed for our sinfulness like
> Sodom and Gommorrah by a religious terrorist?
> Let's say that we continue along with building
> housing developments and burning fossil fuel
> and depleting our natural resources.
> I mean after all, the business of America is
> business. Then what? The American desert?
> How about this?
> We build machines more intelligent than us and
> they take over.
> Maybe.
> But the lessons of history tell us that all empires
> fall victim to their own success.
> 
> Everyone in America is afraid of something.
> 
> But you wonder if the fear is being manufactured
> by the politicians and mass media or if it's being
> generated from the population or maybe its a bit
> of both.
> So America has a new mission. Conquer the
> world with capitalism.
> But what if the world doesn't want it.
> Is America always right?
> 
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