Atomic Elroy is a time based media artist working in video installation and performance, and a combination of all three. Elroy considers himself an Art Humorist using a self mocking approach to all artistic values and standards. Never quite knowing if he is involved in self parody, or just frustrated with the art worlds pedantic nature, he always goes for the humor
BIO
theatreartist manifesto
THEATREARTIST manifesto
by Atomic Elroy
NO true art comes with out hard work..either by the Artist or the Viewer
In order to produce theatre that is vital and effective inthe twenty first
century-post-post modern society, we must abandon the current trend of reality based
plays, production techniques, acting and directing styles.
Theatre cannot compete with the reality of Film or television, unless it has a
Broadway size budget, therefore we must form an abstract theatre art based not on
reality but on absolute suspension of reality.
We must engage our spectators to use their imagination in ways they haven't
since they were children.
Theatreart: a hybrid of post modern theatre and performance art in which the artist must be skilled in acting, directing, design, music composition, and writing. Making the need for the collabritive aspect of 20th century theatre obsolete.
Commerical contemporary Theatre tries too hard to compete with Film And Television, as interactive computer entertainment becomes more prevalent, any competition with any of these
things will be impossible.
So instead of trying to make small theatre as real as film and video, lets make small theatre an art form unto itself. Make theatre different. We must establish the abstraction of theatre . Non-reality based theatre. Modern spectators are spoiled, they expect to do no work and recieve all the bennifits. We must re-educate our spectators to expect to work for the results of live performance, instead of it being spoon fed to them. Modern spectators must use their imaginations. We must allow the spectator to enjoy the moment and not be concerned with understanding the"message" Film and video have allowed them to lose touch with imanigation. Causing the audience to fall into a pre-conditioned response trap. the more they have pre-conditioned responces the lazier they become when they are faced with content that challenges them, and therefore they disregarde the entire experiemce as "too hibrow". We must create the illusion of alternative reality and encompass the spectator in
it.
the Director as GOD syndrome must vanish ,along with theatre directors who
need to manipulate every aspect of the actors psyche. We must abolish the methods
of pre-determined response that is killing creative theatre. Allow large Broadway style
theatre to cater to the masses. Re vitalize the small intimate theatre with a shot of
artistic freedom that is self expressive and not self indulgent.
IF we must force our spectators to use their imaginations the artist mus then challenge themselves to create even more engageing theatre experiences.
French actor and surrealist AntoninArtaud insisted that illusion in modern theatre could
be successful only by "the reality of the action" Putting the responsibility on the actor
and director to present reality on stage. This has become a 20th century artistic
standard. We all know Artaud spent some time in an insane aslyum.
a THEATREARTIST must be playwright, actor, designer, director, maker, et al.
say cheese!
AE03
Atomic Elroy
CHAOS Studios
http://www.atomicelroy.com
by Atomic Elroy
NO true art comes with out hard work..either by the Artist or the Viewer
In order to produce theatre that is vital and effective inthe twenty first
century-post-post modern society, we must abandon the current trend of reality based
plays, production techniques, acting and directing styles.
Theatre cannot compete with the reality of Film or television, unless it has a
Broadway size budget, therefore we must form an abstract theatre art based not on
reality but on absolute suspension of reality.
We must engage our spectators to use their imagination in ways they haven't
since they were children.
Theatreart: a hybrid of post modern theatre and performance art in which the artist must be skilled in acting, directing, design, music composition, and writing. Making the need for the collabritive aspect of 20th century theatre obsolete.
Commerical contemporary Theatre tries too hard to compete with Film And Television, as interactive computer entertainment becomes more prevalent, any competition with any of these
things will be impossible.
So instead of trying to make small theatre as real as film and video, lets make small theatre an art form unto itself. Make theatre different. We must establish the abstraction of theatre . Non-reality based theatre. Modern spectators are spoiled, they expect to do no work and recieve all the bennifits. We must re-educate our spectators to expect to work for the results of live performance, instead of it being spoon fed to them. Modern spectators must use their imaginations. We must allow the spectator to enjoy the moment and not be concerned with understanding the"message" Film and video have allowed them to lose touch with imanigation. Causing the audience to fall into a pre-conditioned response trap. the more they have pre-conditioned responces the lazier they become when they are faced with content that challenges them, and therefore they disregarde the entire experiemce as "too hibrow". We must create the illusion of alternative reality and encompass the spectator in
it.
the Director as GOD syndrome must vanish ,along with theatre directors who
need to manipulate every aspect of the actors psyche. We must abolish the methods
of pre-determined response that is killing creative theatre. Allow large Broadway style
theatre to cater to the masses. Re vitalize the small intimate theatre with a shot of
artistic freedom that is self expressive and not self indulgent.
IF we must force our spectators to use their imaginations the artist mus then challenge themselves to create even more engageing theatre experiences.
French actor and surrealist AntoninArtaud insisted that illusion in modern theatre could
be successful only by "the reality of the action" Putting the responsibility on the actor
and director to present reality on stage. This has become a 20th century artistic
standard. We all know Artaud spent some time in an insane aslyum.
a THEATREARTIST must be playwright, actor, designer, director, maker, et al.
say cheese!
AE03
Atomic Elroy
CHAOS Studios
http://www.atomicelroy.com
what is art lecture
WHAT IS ART LECTURE FOR CS FINE ARTS CENTER 7-5-2001
Note: read as poetry.
WHAT IS ART?
Andy Warhol's soup cans?
Michaelanglo's David?
Gahan Wilson's cartoons?
Henery Moore's Figures?
Paul MacCarthy's performance?
Laurie Anderson's multi media ?
Jackson Pollack's drips?
Rembrant's Nightwatch?
Martha Grahm's dances?
Robert Wilson's Operas
Beethoven's String Quartets
R.Mutt's Fountain?
Matise's Colors?
Degas' Dancers?
Picasso' Dames ?
Shakespeare's Sonnets?
Tristan Tzara's Dada?
Joan Miro's Murals?
Alexander Calder's Mobile?
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa?
Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses?
Schiller' verse
Bill Viloa's Video
Louise Bourgous's spiders?
Schoenberg's twelve tones?
jorges luis borges's vision
Botticelli's Venus
Fellini's Films?
raphael's Modonna?
john Cages's silence
( Silence)
Harold Pinter's pause
(Pause)
Mozart's Magic flute
Beckets's Endgame?
Duchamps' nude descending?
Vito Acconci Masturbation?
JAmes Joyce's Ulysses
Franz Kafka's Trial
Georgia O'Keefe's Orchids
Coco Channel Couture?
Van Gogh's Crows
Owell's
Note: read as poetry.
WHAT IS ART?
Andy Warhol's soup cans?
Michaelanglo's David?
Gahan Wilson's cartoons?
Henery Moore's Figures?
Paul MacCarthy's performance?
Laurie Anderson's multi media ?
Jackson Pollack's drips?
Rembrant's Nightwatch?
Martha Grahm's dances?
Robert Wilson's Operas
Beethoven's String Quartets
R.Mutt's Fountain?
Matise's Colors?
Degas' Dancers?
Picasso' Dames ?
Shakespeare's Sonnets?
Tristan Tzara's Dada?
Joan Miro's Murals?
Alexander Calder's Mobile?
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa?
Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses?
Schiller' verse
Bill Viloa's Video
Louise Bourgous's spiders?
Schoenberg's twelve tones?
jorges luis borges's vision
Botticelli's Venus
Fellini's Films?
raphael's Modonna?
john Cages's silence
( Silence)
Harold Pinter's pause
(Pause)
Mozart's Magic flute
Beckets's Endgame?
Duchamps' nude descending?
Vito Acconci Masturbation?
JAmes Joyce's Ulysses
Franz Kafka's Trial
Georgia O'Keefe's Orchids
Coco Channel Couture?
Van Gogh's Crows
Owell's
Re: Mac Culture
Nik wrote:
> Do we think there is a "Mac Culture" in the U.S and internationally?
>> Any thoughts?
atomicelroy says:
How dare you!
of course the Irish have culture.
If there is a PC culture you are not part of IT! I mean Politically Correct!
MY GAWD....just because it's "NEW PERFECT AmeriKa" that dosen't mean you can accuse an entire group of people of having NO culture.
oh... wait, you're talking about computers...sorry!
SAY CHEESE!
AE03
http://www.atomicelroy.com
> Do we think there is a "Mac Culture" in the U.S and internationally?
>> Any thoughts?
atomicelroy says:
How dare you!
of course the Irish have culture.
If there is a PC culture you are not part of IT! I mean Politically Correct!
MY GAWD....just because it's "NEW PERFECT AmeriKa" that dosen't mean you can accuse an entire group of people of having NO culture.
oh... wait, you're talking about computers...sorry!
SAY CHEESE!
AE03
http://www.atomicelroy.com
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ARTGIRL: I smell LOUD Ego here
BEATNIK: Indeed
ARTGIRL: Gawd, its every place!
BEATNIK: well some people have nothing better to do than discuss
trite academic art concepts.
ARTGIRL: Really?
BEATNIK: You'd be surprised!
The cafe slowly melted, Beatnik and Artgirl with it. As they melted
their molecular structure became that of a gas. In this gaseous
form they drifted for eons... never to be seen again... until.
the next morning...
"Flap Jack, flap" she said not moving her lips. "how do you do that" he
replied, " talk without moving your lips?"
"i'm not talking" she said, and began repeating over and over as if it
were a mantra, which of course it was.
" I think if you alleged ARTISTS got shrinks, you wouldn't need this
excessive intellectual masturbation." he screamed at the top of his
lungs, as a trickle of blood slowly fell down his chin, looking like a
thread off a sweater. Suddenly it became a torrent of blood and it began
to fill the gymnasium.
"Help " he burbled. His head just above the level of the liquid that was
quickly filling the huge room. He could faintly see her floating down at
the far end of the gym, on her back, laughing or crying, it was too
difficult to tell which.
10 years later...
"it seems so difficult", he said, grinding his teeth, as he had been
doing over the past 18 hours, leaving very little of his teeth left.
"to unsubscribe to this stupid chat, message posting thing"
She turned her head to look at him. Forgetting that he had blinded her,
just moments ago. " you should go to the web site."
" I've tried" but I can't figure out how to remove myself from the list"
he began crying, softly at first but after a long time ( a few seconds)
his crying became a wail.
"which one is it" she asked
"The Walker Art Center" he replied
" Oh the one about artist's ego and intellectual masturbation" she
remembered
"yes " he said using all his strength just to speak now.
they embraced, he felt the warm fluid run down her face from her eye
sockets. He began to lick the blood, salty and warm he hoped it would
revitalize him, but to no avail. He died.
SAY CHEESE!
AE03
http://www.atomicelroy.com
This is an automated response
This is an automated response
ARTGIRL: I smell LOUD Ego here
BEATNIK: Indeed
ARTGIRL: Gawd, its every place!
BEATNIK: well some people have nothing better to do than discuss
trite academic art concepts.
ARTGIRL: Really?
BEATNIK: You'd be surprised!
The cafe slowly melted, Beatnik and Artgirl with it. As they melted
their molecular structure became that of a gas. In this gaseous
form they drifted for eons... never to be seen again... until.
the next morning...
"Flap Jack, flap" she said not moving her lips. "how do you do that" he
replied, " talk without moving your lips?"
"i'm not talking" she said, and began repeating over and over as if it
were a mantra, which of course it was.
" I think if you alleged ARTISTS got shrinks, you wouldn't need this
excessive intellectual masturbation." he screamed at the top of his
lungs, as a trickle of blood slowly fell down his chin, looking like a
thread off a sweater. Suddenly it became a torrent of blood and it began
to fill the gymnasium.
"Help " he burbled. His head just above the level of the liquid that was
quickly filling the huge room. He could faintly see her floating down at
the far end of the gym, on her back, laughing or crying, it was too
difficult to tell which.
10 years later...
"it seems so difficult", he said, grinding his teeth, as he had been
doing over the past 18 hours, leaving very little of his teeth left.
"to unsubscribe to this stupid chat, message posting thing"
She turned her head to look at him. Forgetting that he had blinded her,
just moments ago. " you should go to the web site."
" I've tried" but I can't figure out how to remove myself from the list"
he began crying, softly at first but after a long time ( a few seconds)
his crying became a wail.
"which one is it" she asked
"The Walker Art Center" he replied
" Oh the one about artist's ego and intellectual masturbation" she
remembered
"yes " he said using all his strength just to speak now.
they embraced, he felt the warm fluid run down her face from her eye
sockets. He began to lick the blood, salty and warm he hoped it would
revitalize him, but to no avail. He died.
SAY CHEESE!
AE03
http://www.atomicelroy.com