GRGR 1:3 Slothrop's Map (in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction)

[jporter]

	The concepts which are introduced into the theory
	of art in what follows differ from the more familiar
	terms in that they are completely useless for the
	purposes of Fascism. They are, on the other hand,
	useful for the formulation of revolutionary demands
	in the politics of art.

http://bid.berkeley.edu/bidclass/readings/benjamin.html

Teddy, our our  cheerfully naive emissary from the middle, has
been given the task, by Them, of reproducing Slothrop's original
work on film. The map is adorned by stars that "cover the available
spectrum," and Teddy wonders if the colors "mightn't make a
difference, though he knows of no one he can ask." He's a
spectator/agent with a camera given instructions passed along
by functionaries from sources inscrutable.

It's ironic, then, that the reproduction They will receive from Bloat's 
labor
will be devoid of color:

	Indelible in resistance to the fungible world of exchange
	is the resistance of the eye that does not want the world's
	colors to vanish.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/adorno/

Perhaps, in Their zeal for actionable intelligence, They are not
really interested in how Slothrop feels. ("But none of those yarns,
for the purposes of those Bloat reports to, are really very illum-
inating...") That just might  be an exploitable oversight. Then
again, it might be just art. Either way, for the time being anyway,
we know more than Them.


jody


	...inside his stylish kangaroohide musette bag
	
	...the musette bag is open
	
	my how very efficient at this he's become- anyone nips in he simply
	drops the camera into the bag.

	Bag zipped, lamp off and moved back in place.

	...there it was inside Rex's fringed cowhide bag

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_fetishism

"Other theorists have been concerned with the social status of the
producers of consumer items relative to their consumers. For example,
the person who owns a Porsche has more prestige than the people
working on the assembly-line that produced it. But this version of
commodity fetishism refers to more — the belief that the car (or any
manufactured object) is more important than people, and confers
special powers beyond material utility to those who possess it."