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He's already tried to enact the Law of Identity and genetically engineer God, but now conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has created a story that will take 1,000 years to read. Thanks to clever, layered printing, his story is printed on the cover of Opium Magazine's current, appropriately dubbed 'Infinity' issue. The story being a mere nine words long (come on, is that really a story?), each word is concealed under a different layer of ink. Each layer, Keats told Wired Magazine, will fade incrementally over the next millennium when exposed to ultraviolet light. Keats intends for the piece to investigate the way that digital media has increased the rate at which we consume text.
So, go ahead; get a copy, set it outside, and hope that your future progeny will still know how to read. [From: Wired]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsron34786Jun 19th 2009 10:51PM
im confused if i can read faster than i can write and most people can and it takes 1000 years to read this when did he start writting 4000 years ago? what am i missing?
Swimmerchik121Jun 19th 2009 11:30PM
each word is underneath a different layer of ink which means in time all the ink will fade and you will know then what all the words then say.
EEaton321Jun 19th 2009 10:56PM
Time will tell all, if we can still read.
Beardsley57Jun 19th 2009 11:03PM
Actually it reads, "I'm we Todd it...I'm Sofa-king we Todd it!" Read the phrase faster and faster until it makes sense.
neosapian609Jun 19th 2009 11:09PM
You could speed up this process in a controlled lab setting, under proper conditions.
teardroplilly46Jun 19th 2009 11:28PM
Are you f*cking kidding me. Im a 49 yr old woman who still has 2 grown kids living at home and am presently taking care of a handicapped friend. What the hell makes this idiot think im going to waste 5 mins much less 1000 yrs reading 10 friggin words
OMG..................................
teachem2thinkJun 19th 2009 11:41PM
# 7: Thank you! I have a traditional fine art education and I am still involved tangentially with fine art. That's why when I come across this stuff, I tend to editorialize. The visual arts are no less important than any of the other segments of our culture...or what's left of it.
#17: Excellent.
#18: You could but would it be worth it?
FrankJun 20th 2009 11:45AM
If anyone actually cares what the story says, the "artist" knows, the editors know, the cover designer knows, the typesetter knows, the printers know. Eventually it will dawn on some of these people that nobody will remember the existence of this story a year from now, so if they want to tell the story they have to tell it now.
Welcome Erin!Jun 20th 2009 12:44AM
Great reply! Thanks for the good laugh! :)
michael normanJun 20th 2009 1:32AM
"Art makes a person think and discuss. It's not a waste of time because we are learning something new."
Art as defined by...? Perhaps you're confusing art with "gossip," a colonoscopy, or the endless musings of Narcissus, finding in his reflection a lovely new pore?
Face it. Modern Art evolved to serve people fascinated by themselves. It's supported by herds of small sad folks who, lacking in so many ways, absolutely idolize anybody who admires himself; also, of course, by members of a wealthy elite hoping to get laid by somebody thin. Today's icons in this faux-faux-faux-what? will, God willing, live long, providing wiser generations with lessons and laughter. See Warhol's face on the bottom of urinals, enduring streams--"Art of that Era--Sign Your Name!"
heatmizer1964Jun 20th 2009 1:39AM
thats a 1000 years you'll never get back....
koonoeJun 20th 2009 2:25AM
"This millenial
nine-worded story is a
haiku, dear reader."
Hey, 'nine-worded' is hyphenated, it counts!
"This millenial
story has blessed me with
immortality! Yes!"
That one was hard.
jsinmayesJun 20th 2009 2:49AM
what's bad is this guy is probably gonna sell a bunch of copies of this and all the dumb*sses that buy it will be long gone begore they ever realize they were ripped off and their great, great, great.............grandchildren will probably be very disappointed to get to the end of a pointless story that had to be passed on from generation to generation just to get to the end if anyone is actually dumb enough to follow the story till the end!
SandyJun 20th 2009 3:01AM
Say what???????????????
yxk0012Jun 20th 2009 3:18AM
How about: "Those Who Know Physics Will Use Local Tanning Salons"? That's where the UV is...
dobleboble66Jun 20th 2009 3:19AM
Oh! Shut up! My god! Why don't you go and do something MORE creative than that? Rather than commenting on something you are making sound like a piece of crap!