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Kanye West Air Is For Sale | The Creators Project
These are terrible readymades. Readymades are more difficult to pull-off than one might think, although they can be interesting containers of meaning. Containers of air have been done before, most notable Duchamps' 50 cc of Paris Air (1919). Even the Philadelphia Museum of Art is dubious:
"...A vial with nothing in it may be the most insubstantial "work of art" imaginable. From a molecular point of view, air is not considered nothing, but when displayed so carefully in an art museum it seems to be less than one might expect. Its precise meaning was rendered even more unstable in 1949, when the ampoule was accidentally broken and repaired, thus begging the question: Is the air even from Paris anymore?"
A more sly approach is for you to make your own (regardless of whether it is from a concert), snap a picture and sell it on E-Bay. And use something unbreakable for the container itself: If it breaks and is re-filled with new atmosphere, the idea is essentially dead.
These are terrible readymades. Readymades are more difficult to pull-off than one might think, although they can be interesting containers of meaning. Containers of air have been done before, most notable Duchamps' 50 cc of Paris Air (1919). Even the Philadelphia Museum of Art is dubious:
"...A vial with nothing in it may be the most insubstantial "work of art" imaginable. From a molecular point of view, air is not considered nothing, but when displayed so carefully in an art museum it seems to be less than one might expect. Its precise meaning was rendered even more unstable in 1949, when the ampoule was accidentally broken and repaired, thus begging the question: Is the air even from Paris anymore?"
A more sly approach is for you to make your own (regardless of whether it is from a concert), snap a picture and sell it on E-Bay. And use something unbreakable for the container itself: If it breaks and is re-filled with new atmosphere, the idea is essentially dead.
