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Julianna P. Szűcs: ...Tót’s freedom

(excerpt)

“What is important – that’s what Tót’s entire oeuvre so far has been all about – is the overvaluation of the significance of the artist’s behaviour... Tót was far from being alone with this behavioural art... a whole generation of intellectuals believed in miracles yesterday. In this situation the most ethical behaviour is 1. to make a fool of bosses, 2. upset those that deserve it and make laugh those who deserve it even more, 3. and be glad, glad, glad...


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000000000000000000000000000000 I am glad if I can type zeros

Endre Tót

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0000000000000000000000000000 Örülök, hogy nullákat írhatok.

(»The word "symbol" regains its own, original, pure meaning
if we know that we are typing a lot of zeros when we are writing.«
/Vilém Flusser, Az írás [Writing], p. 79. Balassi Publishers, 1997/)


(English translation by Krisztina Sarkady-Hart)


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