October 6 – 30
Raft, Multicultural Centre of the Transylvania University in Brașov
“Ballad of a Stupid Man” will take over and or take care of Raft Space in Brasov for a while and forever; when I say take over I mean it, every exhibition space, no matter how small or smaller –er has to be conquered, occupied, extremely completely consumed as if as if nothing was ever shown or stood there and it never will never again, ever. Bob Dylan can tell few words on this stupid man. Indeed, as Bob Dylan’s favorite artist is and will be (always) Mihai Iepure-Górski.
I’m not joking you see, and if I were to choose what Dylan writes out of what he already wrote on the project on the shelf (translation of Raft) it would probably have to be parts and pieces out of the song-poem “Ballad of a Thin Man”.
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The link connection between the dylanesque text and the stupid man on the shelf remains to be discovered and if in theory practically stands or if possible having the two next to each other to establish how far or if at all they are linked and what the great poet has to say about the small project on the shelf. Evidently, most probably the thin man in the American’s work is my stupid man.
Without any further ado, or words written here or on a paper I leave you with the bits… as for the full text – listen to the whole song fully entirely:
“[…] You raise up your head and you ask, “Is this where it is?”
And somebody points to you and says, “It’s his”
And you say, “What’s mine?” and somebody else says, “Well, what is?”
And you say, “Oh my God, am I here all alone?”…
[…] You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak
And says, “How does it feel to be such a freak?”
And you say, “Impossible!” as he hands you a bone…
[…] Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word “Now”
And you say, “For what reason?” and he says, “How”
And you say, “What does this mean?” and he screams back, “You’re a cow!
Give me some milk…“.
Mihai Iepure-Górski.