New Profile - He is indeed a great man popped out of a toilet....
Hi friends and non-friends! I haven't got a lot of friends so far but then again I have never invited anyone... Well no, I have invited Blood Safari but then again Victor is already my friend in real life. Does that count? Who cares anyway.
I thought I should change my profile a bit in order to be more popular. However, I have no intention of deleting the old one. You will find the old one at the end of this text.
OK, about me, me, me, me (for god's sake this is my space... I know this is not really funny but then again I think it is funny}:
I am probably the world's most advanced conceptual artists! That is not a joke. I really do believe that. Well, now two things: I have said 'artists' and ' I believe'. A paradox in itself isn't it? Who cares. Long live the Cynics and Diogenes shall remain in his barrel.
Anyway, I have done a lot of conceptual art and developed The Concept of Art that is The Concept of Value. Check out one of my sites... www.zeiTraum.co.uk and www.jayrechteiner.com . However, I stopped working on it for a while because I really needed to get physcial again and besides this I am more of a romantic guy. I love the old impressionists and all that suffering. Anyway,I started painting again but this time with my good friend Victor AKA Sardine under the logo The Monkey in the Box Company. Website www.themonkeyinthebox.com . By the way, my new name is Tobleroni. Yeah, Sardine and Tobleroni. That is what the world needs! Oh, my god! That reminds me of the day when they kicked me out of my church. Why? Good questions.
You might have noticed, I have no clue what I am talking about. Anyway, maybe this new profile will make me very popular. But then again, whatever, life goes on.
OK, ladies... no, I mean, everyone, have a nice one... and if you ever come across a certain Jay L... (his real name is Jason) don't believe what he tells you about me. He is a filthy liar. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Long live the Queen!
Old profile
What is there to say about me? Well, my friend Mr Victor Torpedo or something like that told me about this space thing here. I am actually not a big fan of virtual worlds. I live in the real world but then again... why not trying it.
OK, about me now. I work in mutli media art. I launched a project called The Washroom Project (TWP) which has a very unique character. Check out my website. It is www.jayrechsteiner.com. However, I now focus less on TWP and more on zeiTraum (website: www.zeiTraum.co.uk) which is a partnership project between Eunji Kim and myself. Besides this I started to paint again after more than half a year without painting (Today is 22 or 21 of March 2006) in order to make a bit of money. Yes, I admit: I like selling my stuff. It is fun and pays the rent. And besides this I am not one of those pathetic wanna-be 'artists' who chose to be artists in order to distinguish themselves from other people, the so-called normal people who are 'so boring'. No, I am a real man! Yes, I am! You know I live in London, in Hackney. Yes? Well, I actually live near Broadway Market which is a very trendy place and on Saturdays all those arty-farty content and satisfied distinguished and trendy people come out in their vintage T-shirts, jackets etc. (which they bought for 'only' ... let us say a T-shirt 10.--... Ha, ha, ha, someone took the piss out of you, loser!). Well, anyway, those trendies (as I shall call them from now on) walk very proudly and looking rather tired and exhausted (because of a wild bohemian party the day before... What a fucking lie! Those trendies drink a bottle of wine together and when I say together I mean about 5 of them zombies... I drink five bottles by myself... well, maybe only two to be honest). But anyway, then they walk up and down Broadway market with a huge Guardian newspaper proudly displayed like a shield. 'Oh, look at him. He reads the Guardian. He is so much better than those Sun-readers and worker. He is a graphic designer. Wow. I love him. I wanna be just like him.' Fuck off, man. He stinks. And then they meet at galleries and new drama shows and talk about their little meaningless projects 'Oh, you know Stuart-with-t, I met this guy and he is really cool. He is an artist like myself. Oh, I love his work. We are going together to a show next week.' And then the other trendy says 'Oh, really, and I have a new friend as well. He is a negro. He is an artist from Afrika. You know, he expresses primitive rituals in his art brute paintings.'
Well, you know what I mean. I am a real man. I am not an artist. I refuse to be an artist. It is just a word you might think. But know, dear friend and human being, it is not simply a word because we define ourselves verbally. They carry meanings, very strong meanings, they can make us laugh and cry.
Anyway, that is all for my profile part.
I lived a long time in Japan but now I am in London. Orignally I am from Switzerland, Basel. Let us speak about TWP again... That is more interesting. It is a multi media art project based on performance and has a collective character. Well, check out my website.
OK, folks, that is all for today about me.