Metacomedies of similarity
Figure 1: Electrical resistance (110 volts)
Figure 2: Gravitational acceleration (60 feet)
Figure 3: Irradiation (10 minutes, with control)
Figure 4: Combustion (sequence)
Figure 5: Immersion (2 days, with control)
Figure 6: Liquefaction (sequence)
To interpret a work is to be committed to a historical interpretation of the work.
-- Danto, Beyond the Brillo Box
Source imagery: The Twinkies Project
Comments
Richard, OK I'll admit it, however reluctantly I may be considering the competition, BUT ok, a burning Twinkie does look better than tha Art as Authority banner on the comments page. That being said, I wonder what the parents of these blossoming young scientists thought when tuition was due at the end of the year? Who of any noteworthy acclaim has graduated from Rice University? Readers?
Posted by: Kevin Freitas | juillet 4, 2006 09:38 PM
I had to look at the website, they got a letter from someone who baked a twinkie in the oven and it exploded. They called 1-800-hostess and this is what they said,
"the said pastries are, in fact, never baked. They are polymers with a painted dye on the bottom designed to mimic the golden brown of the oven. When Hostess was asked whether the Twinkies could still be consumed, they were told, "We would not recommend that."
I think the beauty of the twinkie is in its artificiallity.
Posted by: Ryan Campbell | août 25, 2006 07:37 PM
Ryan, to paraphrase your last thought: The beauty of the twinkie is in its art.
Twinkies are abstract food, and as such function (for people who have reached a certain stage of cognitive development) more as objects of wonder and contemplation than as objects for consumption.
With contemplation comes metaphor, which is why in my original holiday post I conceived of them as surrogate human bodies.
Posted by: Richard Gleaves | août 27, 2006 10:19 AM