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Albert Malet wandering in the smog

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( I am dedicating this work to her highness Princess Chiraz of the brave and barbarian Tucluous. Princess, only a few of us know your beauty and as the Lord said "Fight fire with fire", PYT... )

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02/27/2010 14:41:00

The super-star and borderline kitsch (but don’t we love kitsch?) installation is Fabien GiraudRaphaël Siboni’s Last Manoeuvres in the Dark is a networked field of 300 terracotta Darth Vader masks, perched on high sticks and aligned in a military formation like the Xian army. Outfitted with a set of ethernet ports and a microprocessor, each mask is wired to a monolithic black computer fitted with an artificial intelligence program. The system has been given the task to compose and play the darkest song ever. The evil anthem is assembled from a huge catalog of music that range from Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem to heavy metal songs.

from http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/art_in_paris/index.php?page=4

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