[NetBehaviour] CUBISTS LAUNCH UNNAVIGABLE WEB SITE

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Damn you! ;)


On 19/6/2007, "{ brad brace }" <bbrace at eskimo.com> wrote:

>
>Conceptual Realism Dominates Site No One Will Be Able to Use
>Anyway
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>MADRID, SPAIN - The International Society of Cubists
>officially launched its Web site today, a brilliant
>rejection of natural form and perspective that
>metaphysically establishes the implication of movement,
>analytically redefines spatial relationships, and is an
>absolute bitch to navigate.
>
>"What the hell is this? I can't tell how to get anywhere,"
>one of the site's first visitors told the Cubist Society's
>Webmaster-Curator, Paulo Cassat. "Is this art, or is this a
>Web site?"
>
>"Thank you," Cassat responded.
>
>According to Society President Francisco Bernioz, the group
>launched the site to bring attention to Cubism, which was
>founded in the early 20th Century by Pablo Picasso and
>Georges Braque. The Society also hopes to establish a
>scholarship fund for young cubist painters and sculptors.
>However, at a public showing of the site here in Spain's
>capital, most initial visitors were clearly uncomfortable
>with the design, especially the artists the site intends to
>help.
>
>"This site is going to turn people off," complained one
>young sculptor. "I mean, how do I get from the home page to,
>say, the fundraising form?"
>
>"You must be willing to abandon your pre-conceived notions
>of traditional Web design," replied Bernioz, "and disregard
>its nefarious standards of foreshortening, modeling, and
>chiaroscuro (the distribution of light and shade)."
>
>"Uh-huh. But how do I find the link?" the young man
>persisted.
>
>"You must embrace the idea that the link exists," said
>Bernioz, "for once that idea is established, form itself can
>be forgotten."
>
>"You don't know where it is, do you?"
>
>"Not specifically, no," Bernioz conceded. "It's there
>somewhere. I think on a nonsequential parallel plane right
>behind the polygonal search box."
>
>The site -- digital graphics, text, and HTML on browser --
>has fared no better with art critics, who immediately
>accused the cubists of stealing the absurd navigation and
>layout from MSNBC.com.
>
>
>"Nothing can be said about the sea."
>-- Mr Selvam, Akkrapattai, India 2004
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