In Dallas recently a face was found in a rotten spot in an apple sliced in half at a bar. People began to call it "Mary", word spread, and a preacher even visited the bar, saying, "hmm," then leaving. The bartender who found this Virgin of the Rot stuck it into a freezer in order to preserve it. Interviewed by a Dallas television station, he wondered aloud if it would bring him good luck. He had put it up for auction on ebay but was persuaded to take it down. The Virgin of the Rot's facial expression, evocative of some advanced stage of glaucoma combined with mild retardation, locked in the putrefaction of a Christian symbol of knowledge/wrongness, is fitting, and I can't help but think that all religions would be better off if edible.
This is the blog of SLAG ~ SURREALIST LONDON ACTION GROUP. Here you will find the group's theoretical writings, political statements and creative works, as well as occasional contributions from our Surrealist friends worldwide. SLAG was formally dissolved in a ritual of love, destruction and creation on 22 January 2016. To find out what happened next, or to get involved, email t6u6l6s AT gmail.com.
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In Dallas recently a face was found in a rotten spot in an apple sliced in half at a bar. People began to call it "Mary", word spread, and a preacher even visited the bar, saying, "hmm," then leaving. The bartender who found this Virgin of the Rot stuck it into a freezer in order to preserve it. Interviewed by a Dallas television station, he wondered aloud if it would bring him good luck. He had put it up for auction on ebay but was persuaded to take it down.
The Virgin of the Rot's facial expression, evocative of some advanced stage of glaucoma combined with mild retardation, locked in the putrefaction of a Christian symbol of knowledge/wrongness, is fitting, and I can't help but think that all religions would be better off if edible.
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