Surplus Matter

Georgie Hobbs, “Serpentine Manifesto Marathon 2008,” Dazed Digital 23 October 2008

“…Halting the madness, novelist and general secretary of the International Necronautical Society, Tom McCarthy delivers a proper polemic in the form of his ‘declaration concerning the relationships between art and democracy’. I tracked him down afterwards for a chat…”

Tom is also mentioned in Rebecca Nicholson’s article, “London’s Serpentine Gallery Plays Host to a Cultural Marathon,” in the November 2008 issue of Dazed & Confused (vol. 2, issue 67, page 98): “The Serpentine has recruited 50 speakers from various disciplines and will be asking them to present a manifesto for the 21st century. The impressive list of participants — including Tom McCarthy, Yoko Ono, Brian Eno and Gilbert & George — is a testament to the ingenuity and diversity of the event”.

More about the event here.

[Pictures taken at the Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon, 2008. Credits: Serpentine Gallery and Mark Blower, photography]