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d e p ro duc t iondes v al e u rsd e l a n g a g eC . ' e s t p o u rq u oi i l est l 5 V, EXPO R T and P. W EIBEL, D i e Z w ei hei t der N atur , i n: C om pu t e rk u l t u rt a g e
Lr nz , OR F - Vi deonal e86, OR F Landes s tudr o,Li nz 1986, pp.aT ff. ( ex h i b rt ro n
i rrö d u c t ibleä la lingui s ti q u eq,u i e s t l a s c i e n c ed e c e mode
c atal ogue)
d e p ro duc t ion... Le po Ö ti q u e ,c ' e s t l a re s ti tu ti o nd e l 6 Poeti c s i gnsr efer to ther r s i gn- for m , tns teadof to thei r m eanr ng.
|'ö ch a n ges y mbolique a u c o e ur m ö m e d e s mo ts .IB l 7 R . J AKOBSO N , Lr ngur s ti cand
s Poeti c s , i n: T .A. SEBEO K,Sty i e r n L a n g u a g e ,
C am br i dge, M as s ./London 1960, pp.350 377; J . H ABER M AS, D er ph i l o s o p h rs c h e
Toute forme de la valeur (objet, marchandiseou srgne) D s k ur s der M oder ne: z w ol f Vor l es ungen,F r ank fur t a.M . 1985, pp.2 3 5 , 2 3 8
doit ötre niöe pour inaugurer l'öchangesymbolique.te l B BAU D R ILLAR D , s ee note 14, pp.289,298 i n r es pons eto: F . SA U S S U R E ,
In th e ' s y m bolicex c ha n g e w ' i th o u t ' v a l u e p ro d u c ti ofl ' , C ahi er s d'anagr am m es , publ i s hedi n: J . ST AR OBIN SKI,Les m ots s ou s / e s mo t s ,
Par i s 197|
Ba u d ri llar ds eesa way o u t o f th e a ttri b u ti o no f me ani ng. l 9 J . BAU D R ILLAR D , Pour une c r i ttque de I'ec onom i e pol r tque du s g n e , P a rrs
- b o rro w i n gfro m the
Th e L e t t r is t sand t he S i tu a ti o n i s ts 1972, o l 47
20 T he w or d'potl atc h'( c an be tr ac ed bac k to the C hr nook w 'or d'p o t s h a t l ' ,
Potlatchof the North American Indians- have also
w hi c h m eans 'to gi v e aw ay . T he Indi ansof the Am er r c an N or th- W e s t C o a s t
d e ve l opeda m odel of v a l u e -fre ee x c h a n g e th : e appeas e the gods thr ough'potl atc h'and s ec ur e ther r s oc r alpos r ttont h ro u g h g rf t s .
co n su m pt ionof t he m a te ri a la n d w o rk v a l u e sb y th e ( H . LAN G , Kul tur ges c hi c hteder l ndtaner N or dam er r k as ,Gottr ngen l9 9 l , p p . 3 2 |
'Potl atc h', i n'. Potl atc h, N eue Ser ie , N o . I (N o .
324', c f. G. D EBO R D , Le r öl e de
bearer of the sign in symbolicgifts is presentedas the 30) i | 959, a per i odi c alof the Lettr i s ti c Inter nati onal ) .In 1967, R aoul V a n e i g e m
co n tra pos it ionof c api ta l i s tivca l u e p ro d u c ti o n(u ti l i tyand w r ote, r n the s ens e of M ar c el M aus s ' i deal of a non r ec r pr oc al ,or r a t h e r
e xch a ngev alu. ) . 20T he a p p ro p ri a ti o n(' d ö to u rn e m e nt' )of as y m m etr r c alex tr av aganc e( M . M AU SS, F s s ars ur l e don, quoted r n: G . B A TA I L L E ,
'Po t l a t c h ' , . v rt h o u t
O euv r es C om pl ätes , Par i s 1971, Vol . l , p.310) : W hat w 'onder ful
e l e me nt sf r om a v alue -p ro d u c i nsgo c i e tya s p ro p a g ated6y counter-consideration the surplus soctety wtll gtve Crth to. whether rt wants to or
h a s b e e n e x te n d ed by
th e L e tt r is t sand t he S i tu a ti o n i s ts not, when the effusivenessof the younger generation finally drscovers pure gtvtng.
( R . VAN EIGEY, H andbuc h der Lebens k uns tfur dte J ungenGener atro n e n ,P a rrs
Exp o rt and W eibel in V o rc e sto i n c l u d eth e a p p ro p ri ati on ' rn
1977, p.75; c f. C l aude Löv r - Str aus sr' nter pr etatr onof the ex c hangeo f w i n e
of signsfor a self-referential, value-freetransformationin r es taur antsi n Souther n F r anc e r n ex pr es s r onsof s oc r algr fts 'tC . LEV I S TR A U S S ,
co mp u t er - gener at ed im a g e s .In th e e x c h a n g eo f Str uk tur al e Anthr opol ogi e, Vol . l , F r ank fur t a.M . 1991, pp.364ff.i . In 1 9 6 1 .
Vaner gems ugges tedto the Sr tuati onr s tsthat , pai nti ngsfr onr i ean D u b u f f e t , A s g e r
i mma te r iallyc onv ey eds i g n s ,th e re i s n o w a s te o f m ateri al
J or n, W i l l em D e Kooni ng, Pabl o Pr c as s o,and other s s houl d be m ade a v a i l a b l et o
a n d wor k v alues ,s inc eth e p ro d u c ti o no f s i g n -b e a rers is be des tr oy ed
'i n a s ens ati onalPotl atc h ( R . OR T N , Phantom Av antg a rd e . . . ,
o mi tte d . B ut t he pr es e n c eo f s u b l e c tsth a t c o m m u n i cate H am bur g 1990, p.256) . Ex c hangew r thout v al ue pr oduc ti on and ana g ra mma t rc rs m
bec om e for Baudr r l l ar d( pp.295ff.) m utual l y r l l um r natr r tg
as pec ts .
w i th o n e anot her is , h o w e v e r, a l s o n o l o n g e ra
p re re q uis it ef or s y m b o l i ce x c h a n g e ' .
T r ans l ati on fr om the Ger m an by G 6r ar d A. Goodr ow and
Andr eas F r i ts c h, C ol ogne.
I B. HEIN, Film trn Underground: Von seinen Anfangen brs zum Unabhängtgen
Ki n o . F r a nkfu rt a .M,i B e rl rn i Wr en 197| , p l43
2 H EI N , se e n o te l , p .1 5 7
3 G . D E B OR D, L a so cte ted u spectacle. Par r s 1967, p.l4,r l5
4 F o r m o re o n th e p l o t, se e : A. PRANNER, Valr e Expor t: Er nem ulttm edr al e
Ku n s t l e r t n ,Wre n l 9 B B p p | | I l2l
5 F o r r n o r e o n th e p l o t, se e ' G.J. LISCHKA ( ed.1, Alles und noch vr el mehr - , Ber n
19 8 5 , p BB 2
6 H . D . B. B U CH L OH, A l l e g o rtcalPr ocedur es, r n: Ar tfor Ltm, Sept. 1982, pp.a3 56
7 W . BE NJA MIN, Ursp ru n g d es deutschen Tr auer sptels,Fr ankfur t a.M 1978,
pp l55ff.
B B e n l a mi n(se e n o te 7 , p .1 4 4 ) quotes Gor r es fr om F. CREUZER, Symbol r k und
Mythologte der alten Völker, besonders der Grrechen, Part l, Leipzrg/Darmstadt
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9 B . B R O CK , A sth e ttk g e g e n er zwungene Unmittelbar ker t..., Cologne 1986,
p p 1 7 6 l 8 7 ; V . E X P OR T , D a s Realeund ser nDouble: der Kor per , Ber n l 9B7
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l 0 P. B U R GE R, T h e o rre d e r A vantgar de, Fr ankfur t a.M . 1974, p. ll0
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i n V i enna and Mi l w aukee/Wi sconsi n. S i nce l 9B 9 P rofessorfor Fi l m and
I I U . Z Ü R N Ge samta u sg a b e , Volume | : Anagr am m e, Ber lr n lgBB; P. WEIBE- , V i deo at the U ni versi tyof Wi sconsi n.
Stimmen aus dem lnnenraum. tn: Ars Electrontca; Kunst der Szene, Brucknerhaus
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L r n z I 9 8 B , p p .1 3 6 l 4 8 (e xh rb i tr oncatalogue) :also: Expor t, pp.l2ff .
l 2 BE N j A MIN, se e n o te 7 , p . l83
i n Frankfurt a.M, si nce 1991. H e wi l l be the
Medi a at the S tadel schul e
l 3 \ ^ / E|B E L ,se e n o te | | , p . 1 37 C ommi ssi onerof the A ustri an P avi l i onat the B i enni alof V en i c e 1993.
l 4 EX P O R T , se e n o te 9 , p .l 9 ; J. LACAN. Ecr its //, Par r s 1971, pp.6772, 103 tl 5;
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