*It's the way forward, atompunk fans.
*Only a professional magazine art director could pull off a stunt like this. I stand in awe.
http://www.stevenkasher.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=383
*It'll probably take seven years before somebody invents a Sarah Palin who is much more Sarah Palin than the Sarah Palin, but having seen "Gigi Gaston," one now knows that this development is inevitable. *You betcha. *wink
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http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/josh-gosfield11-5-09.asp
"I have a theory about this: The characteristic "indy" esthetic of ironically adopting some bit of retro culture, or overinvesting in a film or music or art genre, not because it is popular but because it is obscure, these tics correspond to the situation of a very specific audience – an overeducated one. The social background for such a style is the mass of people who have been churned through liberal arts programs, and have emerged with lots of detailed knowledge of interesting cultural things, but quite limited real prospects, and consequently little to do with that knowledge.
"This contemporary social reality, more that the historical "code" that Gosfield’s faux pop archive appropriates, is what I see when I look at "Gigi Gaston." Thinking about the show this way gives the whole thing an emotional tone that is certainly a contrast to the era that the project pays homage to. In the early ‘60s in Europe and the U.S., "youth culture" was newly minted as a category, once-bohemian and working-class music styles were finding a mass audience, the art world was just gelling, the university system was furiously expanding, and in general educated young people could credibly believe the future held opportunities that the past did not. The difference between this moment and a more self-conscious present certainly gives Gigi’s lachrymose songs a particular meaning. Her big hit, of course, is titled Je Suis Perdu."
