[kfor] On Kawara is Dead

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On Kawara is Dead

On Kawara is a conceptual artist born in Japan in 1933. Since 1966 he 
has made a long series of "date paintings" (the "Today" series), which 
consist entirely of the date on which the painting was executed in 
simple white lettering set against a solid background. Other series of 
works include a series of postcards, "I Got Up At", rubber-stamped with 
the time he got up that morning, and a series of telegrams sent to 
various people bearing the message "I Am Still Alive".

  As of 16 sep 2006 WEB 2.NULL is checking the obituaries in the 
newspaper every day to see if On Kawara is still alive.
  He buys a copy of "De Standaard" newspaper and cuts out the page with 
the obituaries.

The newspaper page with the obituaries is pasted onto a memorial slab 
in the Bastard Art Gallery. Onto the page is stamped "On Kawara is not 
Dead" in red ink. The names of the people listed in the obituaries are 
posted on a blog, along with a picture of the newspaper page every day.

On 7 march 2007 there are 1.000 posts.

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On Kawara Mainstreaming™ has arrived.
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regular gewest sein of boot the gender willies. a gleich a; do you 
speak wittgenstein?
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ON KAWARA IS THE HEALING FORCE OF THE UNIVERSE