If there are 90 % insects, and we consider them to be all very small, (
which we know they are not), we could say that each pair, in order to fit on the «ARK» would need 4 square inches for two
of them, plus their food for more than 40 days (Actually I think it was about a year, but we will go with about 40 days just to give the bible thumpers a
chance, it supposably
rained for 40 days).
That said, you're pretty much guaranteed an indoor ceremony and reception,
which means no
chance of rain, no Excaliburing your heels from picturesque grassy knolls or sand dunes, no errant winds, no obligation to wear revealing clothes.
In this interview Rauschenberg speaks
of his role as a bridge from the Abstract Expressionists to the Pop artists; the relationship
of affluence and art; his admiration for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal to create work
which serves as unbiased documentation
of his observations; the irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance
of that element in his work; the facsimile quality
of painting and consequent limitations; the influence
of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime»
of painting and the problems
of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility
of truly simulating
chance in his work; his use
of intervals, and its possible relation to the influence
of Cage; his attempt to show as much drama on the edges
of a piece as in the dead center; his belief in the importance
of being stylistically flexible throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss
of interest in sculpture; his belief in the mixing
of technology and aesthetics; his interest in moving to the country and the prospect
of working with water, wind, sun,
rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation
of silk screens; his illustrations for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval
of value hierarchy in art.