Check it out! Any discussion would be interesting. Howard
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From: idealord@xxxxxxxxxx (Jeff Harrington)
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Subject: Manifesto\History of IdEAL ORDER
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Date: 25 Nov 92 18:17:45 GMT
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IdEAL ORDER was founded in 1982 as an outlet for anarchic/artistic
activism by Elsie Russell and Jeffrey Harrington. The intent was
twofold: to create collaborative and issue-oriented art which was
designed to provoke a chaotic zen consciousness in the viewer and to
create an awareness of the telepathic activism of Jeffrey Harrington.
Disappointed with the usual formats of political art (the poster, the
tabloidal text-based format, i.e.) they began experimenting with new
techniques employing subliminal messages; loading images with beautifully
chaotic texts and setting them in unusual public situations/contexts.
The initial works of IdEAL ORDER were displayed in the subways and
streets of New York City in 1982 and 1983. First there were a series of
heads of the Greek gods pasted on the streets. The intent was to take
graceful beauty out of the museum and back to the streets, hoping to
provoke sudden bursts of deep aesthetic appreciation in the unsuspecting
public. The second project was called "The Seven Seals." It was
designed as a series of pseudo-religious confrontational rubber stamp
image/text formations stamped on the street and in the white spaces of
subway placards. Their largest installation to date was at the infamous
School Book Depository in the lower west side docks of Manhattan.
(Closed by a police action in July 1983).
During the same period while Jeffrey was employed at Liberty Audio/Video
he had begun experimenting with a capability developed as an offshoot to
his Zen meditative practices. He discovered that he could cause
broadcasting television camera lenses to glow. He began using this
luminescent effect as a tool to harass media and politicians. The
process is called IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV.
Unfortunately, instead of achieving an artistic notoriety and provoking
discussion, a frenzy of celebrity/saint hysteria was created. This
attracted the attention of right-wing Islamic fundamentalists which
quickly became life-threatening. Because of Jeffrey's ability to produce
luminescent effects and because of the imagery employed by IdEAL ORDER
(they had begun using a stamp of an angel with a curved Saracen sword)
they had come to see Jeffrey and Elsie as demons; as agents against
Khomeini whom they considered "The Light of the World." After fleeing NY
in September 1983 because of death threats IdEAL ORDER regrouped in
Montana and later New Orleans and continued the telepathic activism on a
continual basis. In 1984 IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV began a nightly zapping
of the CBS Evening News and the MCNeil/Lehrer News Hour and constant
telepathic harassment of the Reagan administration during televised news
conferences and news show appearances. IdEAL ORDER also began networking
their works through the European, American, and Japanese mail art
networks.
Since 1989 IdEAL ORDER has operated primarily through the computer
networks. Images are digitized, processed and distributed over the
InterNet computer networks, GEnie, COmpuServe, and local BBS's. In 1991
IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV began focussing on a once a week disruption of the
CBS Evening News so that skeptical viewers might be able to compare the
illuminated with the non-illuminated broadcasts. The project continues
every Thursday night. The ABC Evening News is psychically disrupted all
of the other nights of the week. This year IdEAL Order Psychic TV
successfully disrupted all three presidential debates, intending to
prevent the re-election of George Bush.
Friday, November 27, PDG Galleries will open - "Gifted Artists" -
with IdEAL ORDER's and Elsie Russell's works. It opens at 6:00 if you
want to come to the opening. The gallery address is 510 E. 11th St.
New York, NY.
For more information on the activities of IdEAL ORDER or just to
contact them: idealord@xxxxxxxxxx
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Jeff Harrington PGP 2.0 Public Key Available via Email
idealord@xxxxxxxxxx
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From: idealord@xxxxxxxxxx (Jeff Harrington)
Newsgroups: alt.artcom,rec.arts.fine
Subject: Manifesto\History of IdEAL ORDER
Message-ID: <ao5suB1w165w@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 25 Nov 92 18:17:45 GMT
Sender: idealord@xxxxxxxxxx (Jeff Harrington)
Organization: The Dorsai Embassy, New York's Computer Consulate. +1.718.729.5018
Lines: 68
IdEAL ORDER was founded in 1982 as an outlet for anarchic/artistic
activism by Elsie Russell and Jeffrey Harrington. The intent was
twofold: to create collaborative and issue-oriented art which was
designed to provoke a chaotic zen consciousness in the viewer and to
create an awareness of the telepathic activism of Jeffrey Harrington.
Disappointed with the usual formats of political art (the poster, the
tabloidal text-based format, i.e.) they began experimenting with new
techniques employing subliminal messages; loading images with beautifully
chaotic texts and setting them in unusual public situations/contexts.
The initial works of IdEAL ORDER were displayed in the subways and
streets of New York City in 1982 and 1983. First there were a series of
heads of the Greek gods pasted on the streets. The intent was to take
graceful beauty out of the museum and back to the streets, hoping to
provoke sudden bursts of deep aesthetic appreciation in the unsuspecting
public. The second project was called "The Seven Seals." It was
designed as a series of pseudo-religious confrontational rubber stamp
image/text formations stamped on the street and in the white spaces of
subway placards. Their largest installation to date was at the infamous
School Book Depository in the lower west side docks of Manhattan.
(Closed by a police action in July 1983).
During the same period while Jeffrey was employed at Liberty Audio/Video
he had begun experimenting with a capability developed as an offshoot to
his Zen meditative practices. He discovered that he could cause
broadcasting television camera lenses to glow. He began using this
luminescent effect as a tool to harass media and politicians. The
process is called IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV.
Unfortunately, instead of achieving an artistic notoriety and provoking
discussion, a frenzy of celebrity/saint hysteria was created. This
attracted the attention of right-wing Islamic fundamentalists which
quickly became life-threatening. Because of Jeffrey's ability to produce
luminescent effects and because of the imagery employed by IdEAL ORDER
(they had begun using a stamp of an angel with a curved Saracen sword)
they had come to see Jeffrey and Elsie as demons; as agents against
Khomeini whom they considered "The Light of the World." After fleeing NY
in September 1983 because of death threats IdEAL ORDER regrouped in
Montana and later New Orleans and continued the telepathic activism on a
continual basis. In 1984 IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV began a nightly zapping
of the CBS Evening News and the MCNeil/Lehrer News Hour and constant
telepathic harassment of the Reagan administration during televised news
conferences and news show appearances. IdEAL ORDER also began networking
their works through the European, American, and Japanese mail art
networks.
Since 1989 IdEAL ORDER has operated primarily through the computer
networks. Images are digitized, processed and distributed over the
InterNet computer networks, GEnie, COmpuServe, and local BBS's. In 1991
IdEAL ORDER Psychic TV began focussing on a once a week disruption of the
CBS Evening News so that skeptical viewers might be able to compare the
illuminated with the non-illuminated broadcasts. The project continues
every Thursday night. The ABC Evening News is psychically disrupted all
of the other nights of the week. This year IdEAL Order Psychic TV
successfully disrupted all three presidential debates, intending to
prevent the re-election of George Bush.
Friday, November 27, PDG Galleries will open - "Gifted Artists" -
with IdEAL ORDER's and Elsie Russell's works. It opens at 6:00 if you
want to come to the opening. The gallery address is 510 E. 11th St.
New York, NY.
For more information on the activities of IdEAL ORDER or just to
contact them: idealord@xxxxxxxxxx
--
Jeff Harrington PGP 2.0 Public Key Available via Email
idealord@xxxxxxxxxx