<nettime> THE LUMPEN ILLUMINATES

[HYPERCODE1@aol.com]

[We are a interdisciplinary project that works in the collapsing space and
intersections of the real and the imaginary. Devoutly syncreticist we
believe the alchemy of the post modern epoch is more to do with semiotics
and the framing of representation than hermetcism (though both obviously
focus upon the manipulation of symbols ). Personally I am merely the public
persona of the organisation,I was approached whilst shopping where (for the
unlimited use of a computer, expenses and responding to all enquiries c/o a
purposely purchased postal adress) I agreed to 'appear' for the group. I
recieve documents and instructions,and from what I can gather the political
commentary "attacks the assimilating machinations of state controlled
initiatives (socialist and capitalist) and poses a type of nomadic
resistance (in a non-aligned autonomous form) which attempts to transgress
the false distinctions between lifestyle and class struggle anarchism.The
group has been responsible for several anti-mediation-media interventions
in non spectacular and anonymous domains and has only recently entered the
ethereal dimensions of the cyber 'whether ?-lution.It is the intention of
members to initiate aesthetic terrorism via woks of non-art hypereality
that detail the geography of confrontation at its points of production and
consumption" ('plagiarism and pastiche of waanabe panacea's' come in for
particular criticism).]



THE LUMPEN ILLUMINATES


:DOCUMENTS:
'KEEP SENSE COMMON'
'RHINOPLASTY NOW'
'POPULAR NECROMANCY'
:PROJECTS:
'POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE'
'VIRTUAL RE-ANIMATION'
:INFORMATION:
'BY ANY MEMES NECESSARY'
:MERCHANDISE:
'LIBERTY IS A COMMODITY'
:LINKS:
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KEEP SENSE COMMON Ý(number five is alive)

1.Menwith hill listens nationally to all phone calls throughout europe
(e-mails and faxes too!)

2.The townhall bunkers watch locally and special branch 'spins'the mail

3.Cyber sex initiatives are being expanded to take over all tactile
functions you perform Ýand

4.Your spending habits (your tastes) are logged by credit and market
research companies, creating virtual identities on floppy discs (pending
personality characterization).With the advent of both D.N.A. profiling and
i.d. cards being used as tracking devices (in lieu of digital tagging) and
everyday genetic capabilities (foods,animals and children) being available
in marketable ,identikit form surely the time has come Ýfor some sort of
action,intervention and ultimately resistance. As the technological
prosthetics programme for humans (T.P.P.H.) goes unchecked the continuing
state expansionism and colonization of all levels of existence has
trangressesd the classical models of imperialism which traditionally have
sought to conquer and occupy territories establishing 'physical' links
between lands (via economic and civil coercion alongside brute force).The
motivation however remains the same even if the spatial dimension differs
-psycho/social cyberspace-.The domination of (a)resources Ý(imagination)
and (b) the exploitation of markets (perceptual) is once again the true
driving force of the 'state cyborg replacement project'(S.C.R.P.) which
will eventually own,manufacture,distribute and exchange all experiential
phenomena available to you the consumer.We should not be diverted by such
distractions as to whether life is real or faked but instead concern
ourselves daily with how and who it is controlled by.Count the sense
functions appropriated thus far ! for they are there as prophesied ! on
horseback ! as the epoch-alypse beckons what hope ? what joy ? As the
millennium dawns and dictatorial enslavement increases its dominion to what
and where can we turn ?.....But wait !.....there is one weakness !......one
omission !......"ACHILLES" !?!?......"HEAL" !

5.OLFACTORY nihilism is proposed as the radical usurpation of totalitarian
power.But time is short,the basic pre-requisites and behavioral principles
are already in place and are currently being advanced by government
laboratories and corporate scientists who are beginning to harness the
electrical impulses of the neuro-sinal synapse.The secret states
psychologists have produced reports charting the long and short term
effects of a range of subliminal manipulation techniques to compliment
other 'sensory weapons' (sonic audio light and white noise) and they intend
to develop '5th sense'hallucinatory capabilities,via complex cognitive
associations that impact on populations and perceived enemies of the
state.Response times and reflex patterns are already circulating world wide
on the internet,and when one considers the groundwork established as part
of cold war detente,the prospect for the total supersession of humanity is
closer than one may initially imagine.After WW11 and the consumer spending
booms that followed,'smell for smell'replacement became an intimate
pre-occupation for 'individuals'within western civilizations (pubescent
rites of passage rituals proving the most expedient for thought
implantations and social conditioning).The self image stereotyping and
standardization of acceptable levels of '5th sense' output have today been
integrated wholesale to all but a few non-conformists.Since the collapse of
the soviet economic block the marketing of new age therapies and ecological
capitalism have vaunted '5th sense' superiority as a convenient and
fashionable distraction from both T.P.P.H. and S.C.R.P.initiatives (body
shops and various 'aroma' therapies) what with cultural forays into scratch
and sniff for children alongsideÝchic designer fragrances and periodicals
for bigger children,the time is Ýmore than ripe for Ýan upper respiratory
refusal and resistance, in fact it has never been more necessary if we are
Ýto counter the bureaucracies authoritarian concentration of power.Direct
action in an odorless milieu diffuses,short circuits and disorientates (as
with flotation experience) the basic assumptions required to convince the
Ývirtual individual to willingly participate in their own
alienation,oppression and confinement -it will also buy time for the
formation of revolutionary praxis synthesised from a sixth sense born of
confusion- In the absence of categorical distinctions within the '5th
element' (yes ! popular culture once more entering the fray) all knowledge
and anti-knowledge is at once reconciled and the boundaries of compromise
and consolation are illiminated.The practice of transforming abstraction
into action through a continual process of disengagement,whilst
subjectively interacting with a combination of principles and beliefs,needs
to be taken back into the revolutionary movement.For too long now,cynicism
and ironic fatalism -couched in kitsch- has replaced a concrete analysis of
tertiary marginalisation.We must learn to unite in opposition to one
another if we are to use 'paradox and possibility' to their maximum
effect.Beliefs whilst having the power to structure reality,do
discriminate,and as such should be appropriated and discarded without
con-science.At the end of the day it simply an issue of
power,discourse,perception and will.

Bulletin of the lumpen illuminates ("imitating the forms of alienation
instead of colluding with the spectacle of their supersession") .1.99.


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RHINOPLASTY NOW THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA IN COMMUNIST TREPANATION
Subjugates ! It is with great pleasure and pride that we are able to bring
you this historic report from our 31st conference (fortress centre
'Oranianbaum' 4.99) which as many of you will already know is being
heralded as the most significant in our entire ten year organizational
existence.The gravity of its implications are already becoming clear and
those who attended are fondly refering to it as the virtual 'year zero' for
lumpen illuminates across the globe.Delegates from the diverse and vast
range of the medical arts participated in the formulation of a radical new
programme after a thorough and exhaustive examination of the 'transitional
programmes' strengths and weaknesses (bulletin of the L.I. 1.99 ) and
whilst its previous emphases were seen as relevant to the historical
circumstances of that time,it was agreed that the productive and
assimilative capabilities of a voracious state capitalism had necessitated
a 'development ' of 'Huges' initial tracts -written over thirty years ago-
as even he could not have forseen the speed of technological development in
the chemo-sensory industry that has wreaked such havoc with its 'smell to
sell'experiments currently being tested on the populace without any
consultation or consideration of the potential long term effects (possible
psychosis and hallucinatory delusions ).Our attendant contextualised
'addition' to analysis will obviously require clarification in theory and
practice over the coming months and years,but we are clear to point out to
the few at conference -whose influence is obviously disproportionate to
their size- that the new 'continuations' and 'compliments' to ideological
primacy are neither substitutes nor counterpositions and as such do not
represent the revisionism they proclaim.The 'techniques' and essential
'modernizations' are in fact crucial to the survival and development of our
platform if we are ever to become a mass movement with popular appeal and
popular participation.Alongside this,the effective collapse of any
meaningful opposition since the degeneration and demise of the 'chelsea'
deviationists redundant appeals to parliamentary democracy -which had long
established its attacks on the welfare state (i.e.) making any notion of
state sponsored surgery 'dead in the water '- in turn forced the issue of
extra-parliamentary / direct action to Ýto become the most significant
challenge 'one world' profiteering has recently had to face.So can we
please reassure our doubters once and for all ,that the rudiments of
explorative science form the basis of ALL our conclusions and we remain
opposed to any and all forms of collaboration with and capitulation to
limited and reactionary ventures replete with their undermining spectacle
of reform.We feel confident that this reaffirmation alongside the
irreversible 'qualitive' shift proposed below,amply demonstrates and
enshrines the fundamental principles of Ýbody modification which has guided
us faithfully through the years.We hope the following excerpts from
congress will demonstrate this and look forward to receiving feedback from
the membership in due course ..... (1) Delegates believed that whilst
guerilla actions in localities served to popularize the 'transitional
programme' amongst the 'yoof' they had also been of limited value generally
as they tended to reinforce only short term solutions to the establishments
sensory supersession and (2) whilst they demonstrated pro-active resistance
and sabotage such conspicuously tokenistic and temporary reclamations
(piercing,pegging and packing alongside inversion headstands and floral hit
squads) simply served to emphasise the powerlessness people feel in
relation to the continual barrage of nasal manipulation we all suffer on a
daily basis. (3) Such impermanent gimmicks provide only a glimpse of the
ecstatic states that await us and only a total negation into an odorless
reality will suffice,so if it is not to much of an insult to our dearly
departed comrades ...."the transient effects experienced thus far by our
organisation have merely been a small taste and glimpse of ÝtheÝsounds our
minds are Ýpotentially able to touch upon,within our final doctrine". (4)
The executive would also take pains to point out that with reduced
opportunities and prospects c/o the crisis in the N.H.S. even the
munchausian /intrasal sinus option is no longer available. However the
foundations laid in the exemplary spontaneous uprising in S.W.London on the
12.3.99. has shown the way forward and merits further debate and discussion
on how to actuate new memes into branch life.(5a)Apart from distributing
the usual historical data (late stone age through Ensisheim / Hippocrates /
Pergamon / 'Razi et al including the ever popular Davinci breaches of
church bans and more recent Kisi activities) the S.W.adepts detailed (5b)
basic cell stimulation and free nerve/nasal patch links to the brain.
(5c)They were also unequivocal in their condemnation of the
unprincipled,politically motivated misrepresentation and appropriation of
civilizations pre-conscious history,along with its current day paternalism
witnessed in the conceited and sanctimonious celebrities on their "we've
done our bit ,now its up to you" unofficial, a-historical 'Red nose day'
.These 'capitalist -relief 'centrists neither know nor care for the origins
of their dismembered bulbous sign -though such signifiers are strangely in
keeping with their predecessors farcical mediation and role play as
'shaman-conductors' providing spiritual justification (by all manner of
clowning ) for the newly instituted social relations (actualising
subordination,hierarchy and control into subconscious beliefs and values)
leading to such bizarre notions of symbolic experience and culture which
oppress us to this day (the ancient power play in cave-dear daubings have a
direct parallel in the Rudolph myth also) - All this made (5d) the counter
demonstration that occurred on the 12th of the 3rd Ýeven more fitting and
its inspiration informs the central plank of the memberships new
responsibilities.The rapture recorded photographically and also the S.W.
comrades subsequent admission papers to hospital are now formal records
within our archive,showing a dedicated and devout number as they proceeded
to 'self-deviate'their own septums and thus achieve the up until now
dreamscape desire of 'OLFACTORY NIHILISM' (previously only enjoyed by a
select few who had induced the final 'apo-polyps' and of course by a
certain t.v. chef , who can neither smell nor taste the delicacies he
enthusiastically swoons over ) .... ÝNow we will no longer have to wait
till we are 60 years old !..Nor fantasize about head injuries ! for it is
now and only now that we can soar in unmediated experience marching
forward,backward and disorientated without the 100 fag a day dampening of
our most revered of senses !For we want to remember a world of primary
sensation and recall the fragrant ether above the mind-body precipice ! We
want to go forth to short circuit the conditioned responses of our brains
!With eyes blackened ! and splints on our brows ! Ýwith perceptions
heightened ! and egoism suppressed !,whether carapaced or not our
imaginations will live and the neglected 10th's revive ! still a pro-hole
polemic ! we implore you to SMASH YOUR BRIDGES AND BURN ! Immaculate
brothers and sisters of the 'brain-blood volume' orthodoxy,come look ! hear
! see ! touch ! and smell ! once again ! a life beyond your 'bio- medical
highs'! come join us and join us now ! before its to late ! lose your sense
of smell ! BEFORE IT IS TAKEN ! for DEVIATION IS THE ONLY CURE !

Bulletin of the lumpen illuminates ,'unconcerned with the past and
dissolving the present into being Ý/non-being there is only a future in
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POPULAR NECROMANCY END THE 24 HOUR FAMINE G8 : After a fabulous and
farcical 'Debt Wish'concert in mid 'Ý 99 amply demonstrated the reactionary
role of parliamentary democracy in containing opposition and absorbing
dissent via its co-opted stoolies in the sychophantic entertainment
industry (pleading their reformist collaboration and rallying to the
governments call) we the lumpen illuminates are now launching our appeal to
all officially endorsed sad and selfless altruists,in the hope that they
will re-evaluate and reconsider the harm they do during their regular 'by
proxy'saviour routine.We implore them - and you too -to join us in our
compassionate crusade to abolish the establishments jaded and bloody ball
of manipulated false consciousness commonly known as 'red nose day'.The
measly concession heralded at G8 - a similar % to an agents commission -
was decided long before Blairs P.R. department and his celebrity surfers
had any notion of drawing us into opportunistic and 'worthy' posturing at
'debt wish' (though its timing was fortuitous for one performers career
re-launch weeks later,replete with his mock grimace and 'sincere'stare to
camera as he and his rabble became ' serious ' for us once again)
Ý:CHARITIES WATCHDOG:The lumpen illuminates have been examining
'spectacular' relief projects that claim to prevent 'senseless' deaths
because the misinformation and obvious bias they detail is in clear
contradiction to our thesis of sensory supersession ( L.I.1 & 2 ).We are
clear to point out that all underlying dynamics and practical imperatives
remain unresolved and that people are still dying everyday (in fact death
rates are increasing )and as long as 'survival' is not an option,it remains
our task to expose glimpses and sparks of life wherever they can be located
in a people targeted endlessly by the mechanisms of control.To do this we
urgently need Ýyour help focussing on the following Ýareas of Ýpriority.

(1) ÝINJECTION /VACCINATION PROGRAMMES :Obviously the need to vaccinate
against distortion and mythrepresentation by existing political structures
and vested interests that promote psychic dependence along with physical
exploitation - the direct causes of survival sickness - must be tackled
head on .It is vital we prevent the flagrant projection of desires for
resurrection onto purposely underdeveloped peoples,as this lack of self
awareness -shackled and nurtured by guilt -is a significant obstacle to
self actualisation and as long as Ýconsumers continue to sublimate in
defeatist rationalizations,pouring their repressed feelings into secondary
and tertiary realms Ý-allowing all manner of placebo spirit guides to lead
us through alienated thoughts and frustrations -we will always remain prone
to hostile infections,ideologies and fetishes from parasitical substitutes
and virulent anti-bodies already present in the system.This relinquishing
of responsibility and its endless embrace of knee jerk quick fixes,allows
the shameless entrepreneurs to introduce their feverish memes Ýinto our
Ýbrains which then gradually but devisivley begin to overwhelm and exploit
our weaknesses,paving the way for a complete negation of the subject-object
relationship.We desperately need to start tackling infections at
source,fighting the causes instead of the symptoms of death so we are
better equipped when destroying and creating in the future.PLEASE , PLEASE
, PLEASE help us stop the comedians and politicians before its too late.

(2) ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AND TRANSPLANTS : These are desperately needed to
restore naval cavities devastated by one world,cross class (plastic and
spherical ) signifiers,which have obscured the left-right dialectical
relationship,without which no synthesis of capitalisms inherent
contradictions can be a achieved.We urgently need your help to remove the
burden of entertainment,so that we are no longer obliged to clown with the
imposed and manufactured coping mechanisms handed down to us.

(3) EDUCATION : The cognitive territories and impressionable minds invaded
by the mass hallucination of charity are effectively having their
development deliberately halted by the leisure industries market
imperatives and the politics of celebrity.The so called aid projects have
'aided' many careers and whilst we can understand the reluctance of several
charity millionaires to leave the paternalism and conceit of the mid 80's
behind,their mint making mentality should not automatically turn us all
into capitals version of Orwells proles (dependent on Ýa small Ýand
dedicated group of professional 'teachers' hoping to preserve their
privileges).The discredited and not so 'New' realism and the apologetic
platitudes it fostered and promoted should no longer be included in
stratifying national curriculums,and any poor spelling and understanding of
dispersed and divisive social-isms amongst the new and up and coming
cronies,should be vigorously challenged and illiminated.

(4) FOOD STAPLES:As content is inherent within form ,the nutritional value
of repeatedly spoonfeeding 'syrup'to desperate people is worse than
worthless and is not conducive when attempting to involve and empower
isolated individuals in their own lives.The pathos,condescension and
puerile dumbing down,when combined with disengenious back slapping and
flattery is too watery a mixture to feed anyone wishing to sustain an ounce
of dignity and self respect.The totality of such a 'past its sell by date'
approach degrades our lives, lowers expectations and feeds - only -
cynicism.Dont be duped,demand the impossible,remember ingested faeces kills
and Ý"any food that does not contain the stimulus to activity is useless".

(5)BLOOD SUPPLIES :These are basically none existent having been all but
depleted by the vampires of rebellion and protest,who greedily gorge upon
our thwarted attempts at reconciliation, so STOP DONATING YOUR LIFES BLOOD
! without it they will surely 'wither away 'and make room for all and any
one of us to administer our collective needs on a daily basis. DISINVEST
NOW Ý: The cultural weaponry used by the state obviously serves the
dominant social relations,but the frequent problem surrounding the
diversion of Ýour 'funds'into the hands of ruthless gunmen and mercenaries
serving the bureaucratic elite must be counteracted,we must ensure that
statist reactionary's and naive wannabee's are no longer the main
beneficiaries when focussing our will against injustice.CORRUPT GOVERNMENTS
in developed countries promote the distraction of charity as exploitations
'alibi' -to avert attention focussing upon the need for consistent and
coherent applications of internationalism -by confusing their populations
with a florid litany of cloaked events encouraging us all 'to do our bit'
but in fact they are deliberately hijacking the everyday attempts by
ordinary people to make sense of their one dimensional existenz.Fooled by
the vain and smug self deceit afforded to them,whilst reinforcing partisan
philosophies of value and exchange (the work ethic in sponsored events and
pay to view on stage and t.v.) leaves only the numbness of self
delusion,non achievement and a 'by -product' of INCIDENTAL amounts of
currency. However THE NEW THREAT :faced by the famine business and its
franchise in the political and entertainment 'industries' is somewhat
severe.The extra-parliamentary and direct action movements with their post
political power strategies and autonomous federative structures,when
coupled with the crisis of parliamentary democracy (less than 50% voted in
local elections and only one in four of us in euro-elections )has
officially become the existing systems 'nemesis'in waiting (post cold war
and I.R.A. Ýlosses for the intelligence services )as mainstream politics
struggles to rationalize its viability and relevance -clearly becoming
increasingly remote and potentially obsolete - the ideological defences of
a dying peoples political form are desperate to undermine and usurp events
like the 'stop the city' intervention as this was the only real opposition
to the crippling debt indightment capitalism holds over its w.c.'s in
underdeveloped countries.The J18 configuration with its broad and popular
front against profiteering,preceded the hapless and hopeless 'debt wish'
PROPAGANDA Ýby months in planning and this is what was really meant when we
were told 'debt wish' was a "hastily arranged ,last minute affair"
(i.e.)they saw the window of opportunity for their eternal positive facade
and we clearly were not meant to see the cynical handling when diverting
attention into the parliamentary cul -de - sac and away from the decisive
and assertive support the carnival would have received .It is power itself
that must be challenged and broken,the enemy is 'within' and must be cast
out so that we may begin to live in an unmediated and post spectacular
world,where the full range of foods are made directly and readily available
to all,irrespective of creed ,colour, income or status and so that no-one
ever need go hungry again.The 2nd counter demonstration is planned to occur
on exactly the same date as any pseudo events.Please bring your punctured
inner tubes to all venues and sites across the country,though be sure to
leave all repairs to the B-list celeb's and do gooders as they parade their
virtual humility for all to see..... DON'T LET THEM RELIEVE THEMSELVES FROM
A HEIGHT .... !NO TO COMICS !...... NO TO RELIEF ! ..... NO PASSARAN !

Bulletin 3 of the L.I. ' 7.99. "For a unification of discourse and
expression" -----------------------


PROJECTS 'POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE' is an ongoing,international trawling
expedition focussing on the media's reporting and promotion of national
stereotypes aimed at -and often utilised by -various sections of
society,for political purposes (see Britains carefully cultivated enmity
toward France and how useful it proved recently when it avoided the details
of legitimate questioning concerning the B.S.E. crisis,whilst
simultaneously rallying an intensely euro-skeptical populace to support
european legislation ! )What we need are superficial,'paper thin
characterizations' and 'postcard images' based on the output of Ýyour
current country's various consensus forming machinery (especially the
ignorant and crass) and for you to send these along with text or occasional
words summarizing its portrayal of 'britishness'we in turn will do likewise
for the country you stipulate. ALSO send your randomly (if you believe in
that sort of thing ) selected and found photographs of unknown people
,places.pets and other projections alongside the spontaneous words and
phrases that you dis-associate and re-associate in response to the said
image,compliment these attributes by adding some personalia
(names.hair,gloves,jewelry etc. ) to create a VIRTUALLY RE-ANIMATED
Ýexistent/concretion that redesignates and challenges the nature and
origins of a fixed identity (subjective and objective) allowing possible
and partial aspects to develop independently of conscious control.This
detournement -or development -of A.O.Spares sleight of mind techniques,can
be enlivened further by placing these entities in boxes,facilitating
intimate and private realms in which to commune with ones recesses,whilst
also providing an erstwhile and loyal companion /functional resource as you
attempt to negotiate the phenominological -ontology that manifests and
masquerades all around and within.you can send either full or partial
pro-creations (note:for shared processes send one aspect which in turn will
be either immediately reciprocated or circulated amongst contacts ).For
both projects follow the 'CONTACT' link for further details.

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FOR 'INFORMATION' PURPOSES ONLY What follows is the rambling incoherent
tract 'BY ANY MEMES NECESSARY' that was randomly disseminated as a
consequence of the expulsion of a centrist faction within the L.I. whose
'platform' only began to ferment when the privileges enjoyed exclusively by
their number were being reviewed in a party wide consultation document and
after the failure of a motion from the floor (including a physical
confrontation at a disciplinary appeals committe ) at our 31st congress. As
a result Ýit was formally decided to Ýexpel the unconstitutionally
appointed 'Fedavi' section that had so patently shown their unwillingness
to adapt to the Ýprocess of change initiated after years in the wilderness
under 'old L. I . ÝDespite desperate and cheap attempts to gain publicity
and a laughable attempt at refoundation the ( now ) re -named O.T.O.
continue to lurch from left to right in an established tradition of
opportunism -stink- bombing and gurning in aktions directed at perceived
enemies of their self obsessed naivety and its knee jerk reductionism that
together produce an undialectical,emotionally determined 'agenda'.The
document Ýwas obviously written -and meant to be read - after one Ý
sacrament to many,but as it continues to be the focuss of their activities
we felt it was important for us to Ýdetail Ý Ý - mainly for entertainment
purposes - the 'organizations' Ýobvious ideological confusion and their
members delusional Ýfanaticism ... So here it is Ý! the only communique to
date from the 'olfactory terra organisation'

FIGHTING TERROR WITH TERRA/BY ANY MEMES NECESSARY After our suspension at
the treacherous 31st conference,the Fedavi within our order heeded the call
of ÝG.A.O.T.U.to cast off the yoke of bondage,aside our duly elected
leadership and break centuries of tradition by severing all ties with the
mounting stronghold at Oranianbaum. Henceforth the olfactory terra
organisation rejects the folly and tran-science of revisionism (veiled as
re-structuring and modernization ) as it reeks of betrayal and heresy.In so
doing we re-assert our fervent belief in the historical necessity of
symbolic culture,its manipulation and our subservience to its dictatorial
emphases.Infidels beware the campaign we wage is wholly - irreligious and
sacred.By 'invoking' the intractable smell that permeates ALL life in
death,we are advocating -a- sensual engagement and summon the stench bound
in grief suffered each day,that it may taint our every breath !!! .....Come
join us in casting off our clips as we soar ambiviantly,cultivating the
authentic and screaming in the shadow of its loss.

 (Pro -illuminist realism on behalf of lumpens and
'anti-bourgeois'constructivist form)

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:MERCHANDISE: In the strict interest of giving false hope to the desperate
and needy we are offering consumers a deliberately limited range of Ý' a '
career Ýbrokering gimmick -in the increasingly popular specialism of the
patenting and commercialization of concepts and ideas- via the auto
destructive glyph entitled

'LIBERTY IS A COMMODITY' We must point out that as Marxist-felonists the
spectacle of Metzgers folly exists only to serve as a reminder of the
redundancy of art as a separate and specialized activity with no place
outside the domain of everyday life.Bearing this in mind we are proud to
present a pathetic piece of 'G.M.' free non-art reality in a tuppenny bar
of soap,crudely inscribed with the above pomposity.This once in a lifetime
expression of an overiding anxiety to preserve meaning before our imminent
return to monotony,can be yours for the ridiculous price of $50 (cash only)
or better still why not subvert the whole system of objects Ýby just
sending the cash with no expectation of the 'goods'being sent to you
(please advise).

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LINKS *THE HYPER-REAL DEALÝ: Several tapes and a documentary Ýprovide an
all to Ýbrief Ýintroduction to the oceanographic alchemy of the high priest
of his own existence Ý'Mr Stevie Ocean' who exists Ýexclusively for those
of you who refuse to discriminate between the various modes of knowing -
and who believe in the neuromantic possibilities beyond the numerical
enslavement of a saturday night 6 number tax system - for heÝserves to
remind anyone without an allusion regarding their ability to fight that we
can still insist upon our right to wear a big hat , walk an existential
walk and talk a derivative talk ...... In a world full of
ignorance,conditional acceptance and with a pre-determined , non negotiable
route to a -mediated- sense of self worth, Stevie is a living testament to
the sub-evolutionary pantheon that knows "life will find a way" Ý(whether
the means - and transitory definitions -of value,purpose and meaning
recognise it or not) ..... He is in short a liminal avatar of 'artistic'
autonomy and the all knowing all seeing ' id ' of the ' show 'Ýbusiness. He
can be contacted at ... No 4 Le Clos des Blanches,St.Clement,Jersey,Channel
Islands.(TELEPHONE:01534-605032 ) or (FAX:+441534-605032).

*FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TREPANATION :We would refer you to the Eli
Kebillio documentary 'A hole in the head'

*COMING SOON:Tabloid transcendentalism with 'Maslow's Prole'

*CONTACT: For ÝFurther information , projects , photocopy graphics and
merchandise you can Ýe-mail us at...


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