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A sisyphean project can be approached with exhaustion, ironic
removal or irrational exhuberance. A sisyphean cultural activity
is one that is executed with the expectation of future audience, yet
the engine that propels is uniquely internal. Such enthusiasms
contitute heretical but fundamental drives within contemporary life.
The Enthusiast is the will to believe the hype.
The Enthusiast is both deeply commited and fanatically attached
to the supporting role in America 2001: the seat of empire!?!
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A sisyphean project can be approached with exhaustion, ironic
removal or irrational exhuberance. A sisyphean cultural activity
is one that is executed with the expectation of future audience, yet
the engine that propels is uniquely internal. Such enthusiasms
contitute heretical but fundamental drives within contemporary life.
The Enthusiast is the will to believe the hype.
The Enthusiast is both deeply commited and fanatically attached
to the supporting role in America 2001: the seat of empire!?!
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videos by
Michael Baers, Cara Baldwin, Karl Erickson, Jessica Hutchins, Holen Kahn, Olga Koumoundouros, Jennifer Nelson, Eddo Stern & Natalie Zimmerman
curated by
michael w. wilson