Pontifications

“What is the ultimate effect of creative misuse? Sometimes misuse becomes the norm. In a 1976 report to the Rockefeller Foundation, Paik coined the provocative term “electronic superhighway” –a phrase that Bill Clinton paraphrased in his campaign rhetoric as “information superhighway” and has since permeated public consciousness. More often, however, misuse is of no direct practical value, but does what art is supposed to do: stretch our minds to accommodate not only the box, but what’s outside it as well. “ <— read the whole thing Jon Ippolito: The Art of Misuse