manik vauda marija manik nikola pilipovic
Since 2002
Works in United States of America

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BIO
Belgrade artists Marija Vauda and Nikola Pilipovic have been
collaborating as MANIK since 1999.Their work reflects the
march of history, sometimes literally outside their studio, and a
dialogue with the international artistic community through
organisations and events such as Rhizome and Free Manifesta. Tiija is
their first weblog piece, their previous work has been in mediums as
diverse as video, performance, happenings, email, painting and
installation.

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DISCUSSION

AURA


In spite of all |MANIK|'s direct, your attention on debased fact that most(=
all?)of you talking about "art"pretend like never hear for |ARTIST|=
!Only one reason could be constant obstruction of MANIK's suggestion- becau=
se of arrogance...
But it's OK.If I were you I would prefer to be in illusion (for example)tha=
t my voice against Bush take off me every moral and material responsibility=
for massacre in Iraq .Or obstruction of voting.What?I've never vote for an=
yone,but I like to drive my car loaded with chip fuel.It's not chip?Oh,poor=
you...average salary in Serbia is about 200$,one liter of gas is 1$!?!Your=
car driving is one vote for Bush's invasion on Iraq.You can't see any conn=
ection?You wonder what to hell your car have to do with any war.It's direct=
connected because you supported "American way of life",without asking for=
price.My people paid your car driving(year 666I).You could make parallel b=
etween "art"as car driving,and you as one who drive-artist.
"Everything which was extremely important we,actually, can't judge anymore.=
"This Goethe's words from conversation with chancellor Muller W.Benjamin qu=
ote in essay about Fuchs and add:"There're no applicable words to call this=
anxiety contained on beginning of every history consideration which have '=
right'to be considered as dialectical.Uneasiness originate because of deman=
d put to investigators to give up from indifferent contemplative
attitude toward object,to be aware of critical constellation in which this,=
particular fragment of past exist with such sovereignty."(Peter Burger 'Duc=
hamp 1987"Kunstrforum #100,1989.)
What was first chicken or egg?No,it's not what we want to discus.In last sh=
ort(or not so short,whatever)sentences MANIK
persistence try to pay your attention on fact that in spite of all this dis=
turbance artist still existed.
"You" are one who make "art".
You must think about your self individual(yes,that's modernistic dream,so w=
hat?)capable to change orders force on by consensus of multikorporative min=
ority.
You can change the places,meanings,things,words,world,you could go to Disne=
yland,
But who are you?
ART?Or ARTIST?
MANIK

DISCUSSION

namjune();paik() IS DEAD


WHEN MANIK SEE MAN WHO CARRY ART HE ASK HIM ARE YOU ARTIST NO MAN SAID TO M=
ANIK I'M ANIMAL BUT WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR ARMPAW MANIK ASK HIM AGAIN O THIS M=
AN SAID THIS IS DEAD namjune();paik()NICE MANIK SAID YOU RESPECT ARTIST AN=
D YOU MAKE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ART AND ARTIST NO MAN SAID PAIK WAS DIFFEREN=
T AND I WANT TO ASK HIM FOR ONE SENTENCE BUT HE'S DEAD MANIK SAID OH YES AN=
IMAL SAID BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

DISCUSSION

who is bad boy?


Viyau wrote:
I love MANIK.

But MANIK always makes fun of me :(

Vijay

Dear Viyau,
We love you to,just look at http://TIIJA.blogspot.com and our work dedicate=
t to you.
Maybe you made mystake,and confused us with <dv@vilt.net>(Dirk Vekermans)w=
ho is bad boy in his attempt
to make fun of MANIK.He will be punished with one strict glance right troug=
h screen.
OK?MANIK is cool with you.
Also MANIK have irreconcilable political dispute with Sprakowsky,but that =
doesn't mean we couldn't be corect considered aesthetic/art.With you we hav=
e only nice experience,and we hoppe that's going to last.
Best wishes
MANIK

DISCUSSION

MANIK'S number


Hi manik vauda marija,

Congratulations! your artwork has been successfully added to the Rhizome Ar=
tBase:

RHIZOME-TWICE IN TIME

Here is the URL where it can be found.

http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?37992

Best regards,

Marisa S. Olson
Rhizome.org

DISCUSSION

Marie Antoinette


ID42 pointed in her txt.(answer to Rob Myers's short essay about M.Antoinet=
te) with(quote)"MOST CERTAINLY SEND YOUR MOM SOM CAKE".Most of her text is =
typical example for post-historical retro-rhetoric procedure which vulgar m=
isinformation considered as valid information.(Today typical example for th=
at phenomenon are CNN,Sky News,...etc)
To cut that :In time of Marie Antoinette baker's raise bread price.King's=
adviser suggest king to make lower price of cake(lower that bread price) =
to force baker's to make cheap bread accessible to mass,and prevent riot. P=
eople,anyhow upset arrange street demonstration against many thing includ=
ing bread price,because they couldn't find bread or cake on market at all.M=
arie herd them yell:"Bread,give us bread!"And like all intelligent ruler sh=
e ask her staff(paraphrase):"If they don't have bread,why don't you give th=
em cake?"(I suppose she couldn't know for lack of food in general,which cou=
ldn't be only her fault ).(I can't remember source for this facts,M.Foucaul=
t...I think.Don't be lazy,move your ass and find documents for my claim if =
you don't believe me!)
We should be tolerant toward Myers story,even if it's fiction.Why?Because i=
t could be metaphor (field to complicate for simpleminded ID42).Or we coul=
d considered his assay like belletristic literature.
But mentioned Myers mother:":If we were Marrie antoinette.
we would MOST CERTAINLY SEND YOUR MOM SOM CAKE."(ID42)
in total uninformed and malice context is intellectual Bushizm which is o=
pposite of ID42 "Buddhism" she represent in every convenient opportunity an=
d she obvious have no idea what's that mean.Also this sentence show ID42 ve=
ry questionable ability to talk more than one letter without lie(z)?
MANIK