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We have an art installation at the corporate campus where I work.

It's a parody of 1984, with inspirational quotes flowing over the entire building (300meters long). But they are not inspirational, rather artsy sometimes edgy and provocative.

The sentences change every day, and are controlled by an artist in California somewhere.

One of the sentences one day was: "Monomania creates success"

I keep a logbook of the strangest entries.



Would you happen to be working in Germany?


No, but maybe there are several?

There are 430 statements. Holzer’s work reflects both a political and with a focus on interpersonal relations and a moral perspective. With her fleeting forms – texts that sweep past – she symbolizes aspects of life itself. Holzer represents a melancholic and committed voice in contemporary art.

* Strange section *

In a paradisiac state the basic survival tasks you need to perform all seems clear and your objective is right there in front of you.

There is a period where you know you have gone wrong but continue

Monomania creates success

* Very dark section *

Scream so powerful that it empties all the kindness you could have shown and blackened the entire fabric of your soul

Form a noise so true that your tormentor recognizes it as a sound that can come from his throat

Murder has its sexual side

You are caught thinking about killing anyone you know

Sometimes you have no other choice but to watch something gruesome occur.




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