File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_2002/lyotard.0202, message 31


From: "fuller" <fuller-AT-bekkers.com.au>
Subject: Re: Crash
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:52:21 +0800


Eric,

Hahaha. Umm... no.

Glen.

PS Yes of course you could. Unfortunately it would be far too individual, so
much so, that it would be impossible to relate to any auto enthusiast, for
your intentions (aesthetic, mechanical, etc) would incapsulate absolute
difference.

> Glen,
>
> Is there any chance you could modify my 92 Toyota Tercel into a swifter
> mode of Mercurial flight in order to challenge Steve to a drag race that
> will prove to him once and for all which one of the leftists is truly in
> the right?
>
> my pistons are already racing.... and I'm putting STP in my tank....Steve,
> I'll meet you at the green light...
>
> eric
>
> P.S. - I agree with you, Steve, the movies do a much better job of showing
> us our auto-erotic cravings; you mentioned Godard before... Breathless,
> Band of Outsiders, Weekend all reek of the car culture that is driving
> through us.
>
> By the way, since the situationalists have been mentioned, in my
> Situationist Anthology, there is a interesting rant made against the early
> Godard, putting him down, unfairly in my opinion.  Which leads to the
> overwhelming question, What would the situational do if they existed
today?
> Is it possible to imagine a contemporary form of Situationalism or has it
> become merely a nostalgic leftist cult, an old photograph smeared with
> lipstick traces and tawny cigarette burns?
>
>


   

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