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    Nonart is whatever has not yet been accepted as art but has caught an artist's attention. For those concerned, nonart exists only fleetingly, like some subatomic particle. The moment any such example is offered publicly, it automatically becomes a type of art.

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    Nonart is whatever has not yet been accepted as art but has caught an artist's attention. For those concerned, nonart exists only fleetingly, like some subatomic particle. The moment any such example is offered publicly, it automatically becomes a type of art.

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    Allan Kaprow - Education of The Un Artist Pt. 1

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    ‘The Education of the Un-Artist, Part I agai) Sophistication of consiouscs in the at tad (199) i 0 gest that iets ard nt to aera mates of Fact, ‘hat te LM mooneraft is patenty superortoallcontem= porary ecuptural efforts: ‘hat te broadcast verbal exchange between Houston’ ‘Manned Spacooratt Center and the Apolo 1 astro rate was beter than contemporary poetry: that with ther sound distortions, beeps, stat, and com- ‘unicaton breaks, such exchanges sito surpassed he ‘hat contain romote-contro! vieotapes ofthe ves of {hato families recorded (wth thle permission) by r= ‘hropologists aremore fascinating than the calbrated sce-oF-ife underground tims; {hat not ew of those bright Bt plastic and stalnioss- toe! gas stations of, 2a, Las Vegas are the moet ox that te random trancelike movements of shoppers ina supermarket are richer than anything done in modern ‘that int under bods andthe brie of industrial dumps scattored waste mator; ‘hat the vapor Wal loft by rocket teste—motioniess, rainbow colored, skiing sornbles-—ereunegled by ‘srtsts exploring gaseout mec; ‘thatthe Southeast Asian theater of warn Vietnam, oF ‘theta ofthe "Chicago ght" whl ndetensibe, ie Dotter tater than any pay, that. .6t6, 00. .nonartla more art than Arart, Members ofthe 1b (Passwords Ia and Out) | Nonart is whatever has not yet been aceped tart ut hae caught an art tention with that posit sn ming, For thse concerned, ona (pssword one) exis only Heetingy ke sone abate pat tie or perape only a ponte Ind the moment ny ach cxampl is ofeed publicly iatomatially becomes type at Ler Sy Tam impreed by the mechanical thes convears commenly ‘ed ia dy leaning shops. Fash! While they continue to perform their normal work of rller-oastring me any sit in twenty seconde fia they dauble a Kinetic Environment, simply because I had the ‘hough and have writen ter. By the se proces al the examples lized above are conserpts of at Artis er ey nomads, Because arts so easy, there growing numberof arts who are imereted in this prado andl wish to prolong. it elton if onl fora week or ty fr the fe of mone ix preci id dei. As formes “dificult in the actual making sages ay be transposed inthis eae to an arena of elletive uncertainty over jst what to all the crite sviolgy ho, therapy? A Cubist porta in 191, before ‘twas labeled a mental aberration, wis sl evidently painting Blow: ing up sucesively closer views ofan ail map a fly ypc en ample of 196 St art) might more cvioualy suggest an stems ing plan, Nonatts advocates, according to tht description, are those who ‘onsistady, ora ne time o ther have chutentopeate ote the pale of ar ealshments—that iy in thie eade win the ly ‘atural domain. At all mex however, they have informed the a ‘stablshment of thei acti oat into min the uncetines without which thee aes would have no meaning. The ar-nocant islet emental—one ofthe nice icone sall turn to several times berate. “Among ths group some of whom do not know eich ether, or they do donot tke ea eter, are concept makers sch as George Breet, Hen Vane, and Joep Konith; found ound pues sch a Max Neuhaus; Estuorkers ruck x Denis Oppenheim and Michael Heer: sme ofthe 150s Eavironment bilder and ach Happeners as Milan Kntzik, Mara Miaujn, Kazan Shirsgs, Wl Vetl rd Bt sooner or later mos of then and thi callagucs throughout ‘the world have seen thei work aod int the clara nstittions| gsi which they inally measured their Usain. Some have Wished this way i wa, ose Pal Bras expeson ike paying {hei dues a ji the anion. Others have sruged it af continuing {he game in ae way: Hut all have fund thi password one wet work "Nona is often confuse with ansart(atsword tw), which io Dada ine and even eater war noareagersivly (tnd wit) in teuded ino the ars weld jar conventional ale and provoke postive esthetic andr ehical reaponses Aled Jrys Uw Ro Esk Suti’s Paoniwe Masi and Morel Duchagls Fountain ge fila ‘examples. The late Sum Goodman's New York exibition rome years goof aves of seulpted dung piles was sil another Nonat hs 0 ‘ch intent andl intent spe of beh function sad Fein in any ‘anion that deliberately blr is operational context. ‘Apart fom the question wheter the Mistrial at ave ever de smonatzblyeaiedanyhody to ecome "beter or "wore and gant ing that all are has pesomed wo edi ia some way (perhaps cay t2 prove that nothing canbe proven, och avowedly moral programs Sppeat mate way i ight of the fr grester and more effective vale ‘changes brought about by politeal, mary, economi, technclegeal, Clucitionl, and advertaing press The arty a lent up to he resent have Been poo lesions, excep posibly oats od tht iy Publics Only these vested interes have ver mae any high claims for the at, The es of the word could care les, Amt, mona oF cher such cultural designations she fer all, the word ato implicprsence ands point oa fly aggument a bet if hey do not reduce utery temps in teapots. And that tue Forte bale ofthis icon, \wmen stove Reich suspends anumiber of mcropnenes _above correeponaing loudepeakors, sets thom swinging tke pencutuma, anc ampiios tho sound plelup 90 that feedoacknoie le produced thats art \wmon Andy Warhol publishes the undid transcript of ‘wonty-fourhours of taped conversation—that's at mon Walter De Maria ‘We know they aro art bocause a concert announce ‘ment, atite ona book|acket, and an art gatory say 20. room hil of drtthats art 1 noaat is aloost imposible, amet is veal inconesiabe ‘Among the knowledgeable (and pacizally every graduate dent Should quali) all gestures, thoughts, and deeds may become a at ‘he whitn ofthe arts world. Even murder, rected in pace cold be an admisibeatstc proposition. Amat in 1969 embraced in ery case as por, and therefor, fom the standpoint of one of its ‘hit Fanctions it mule. You cannot be against at when at nites ite own 'estrton” ara Panch-and-ady act among the rep tory of pone art may take. So in lng the lat shred of pete to ‘moral leadership through moral confrontation, ania, like all other rt pulp simply obliged to answer to ordinary human con ‘hut ant lua, enough, othe reine fee dicated by the tuliated and ch who cept wih open arms when Fichare Arschwager dlecresty pastes ite back ‘oblong on parts of bulleings across Clfomia ana ‘Stow photos 6 show and storie to tel—that's art \wmen George Brecht prints on smal cards sent to \wmon Bion Var signs his name (or Goat's) to ary air= port—that's art. ‘Those acts are obviously art because they remade by persone asuoctated withthe arte Tesco be expected that in spite ofthe paras awareness. fered to atthe begining ofthis essay, Ae ar (password te) the

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