Press Release, 2017 #exstrange

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Press Release, 2017 #exstrange:
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#exstrange - Geraldine Juárez - Press Release (by Randy Sarafan), 2017. Excerpt: \'Like all knowledge workers, the artists continued to labor; they just stopped laboring on actual art. Instead of artworks, they shifted attention towards ideas and the mediums associated with the production of ideas. Unlike with their ephemeral artwork that might eventually alchemize into cash-money, the massive amounts of tangible labor that they are actually producing is considered value-less, self-serving, and irrelevant outside of the all-important proposal process. In short, no one pays an artist for this labor. It is considered career-building, and an assumed part of the trade. \'In fact, in an age when art can be seen to be the vessel for the transmission of ideas, it should be noted that the support clerical material constructs the framework with which to view the art. It would not be a stretch to say that all of the research documents, spreadsheets, \"bios\", mockups, proposals, statements, powerpoint presentations that went into constructing the work is actually the art itself. The artwork finally presented to the public is ultimately incidental to the logical construct supporting it.This document is a press release for the #exstrange sale/exhibition. The text was written by Randy Sarafan at my request to frame, repackage and add additional value to my work for #exstrange through editorialization. \"Press Release\" is the second version of a series of professional collaborations producing limited editions of the clerical work required by curators, venues, publications, funding applications, etcetera. The winner of this offer will receive the full press release document, which is an original archival print, signed, and of course laminated. No digital edition available.