hell yes...

yup, yup, my first computer was a //c too!

Komar and Melamid were visiting artists at UC Berkeley when I was there and I spent a semester hanging out with them every Friday morning. This was soon after they started this project. The book about it is brilliant and an entirely enjoyable read. The project is definitely intended to lampoon the art world to an extent while also sincerely about helping the elephants that remain in captivity without means to be supported otherwise. I almost bought one of the paintings in a silent auction but was sadly outbid. Some of the paintings themselves are quite beautiful as well as being artifacts from a brilliant piece of conceptual art.

Happy to see this on boingboing so many years later. Meanwhile, Vitaly Komar is busy pushing for the three-day weekend. While Alex Melamid is making paintings of hip-hop stars.