Comments on: Scout’s Horror: Chris Smith’s gruesome survivalist art at antena Gallery http://chicagoweekly.net/2010/02/18/scouts-horror-chris-smith%e2%80%99s-gruesome-survivalist-art-at-antena-gallery/ All Sides of the South Side Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: THUMPER http://chicagoweekly.net/2010/02/18/scouts-horror-chris-smith%e2%80%99s-gruesome-survivalist-art-at-antena-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-18033 THUMPER Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:40:47 +0000 http://chicagoweekly.net/?p=2184#comment-18033 "By way of context, the artist provides what he claims is a citation from the literature of the U.S. paramilitary organization the Michigan Militia: “Those that have not will attempt to take from those that have. If you prepare to survive, you deserve to survive…If you have the kind of intellect that’s geared to survival, it may be a matter of genetics.” This Darwinian worldview, which exalts survival as the highest value, is amply represented in the show. Smith says that the Michigan Militia is a “sponsor” of the show, but it is unclear if there is any real connection." WE HAVE SPONSORED NO SUCH EVENT, SORRY ! SOUNDS INTERESTING THOUGH. “By way of context, the artist provides what he claims is a citation from the literature of the U.S. paramilitary organization the Michigan Militia: “Those that have not will attempt to take from those that have. If you prepare to survive, you deserve to survive…If you have the kind of intellect that’s geared to survival, it may be a matter of genetics.” This Darwinian worldview, which exalts survival as the highest value, is amply represented in the show. Smith says that the Michigan Militia is a “sponsor” of the show, but it is unclear if there is any real connection.”

WE HAVE SPONSORED NO SUCH EVENT, SORRY ! SOUNDS INTERESTING THOUGH.

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