(tekst fra "Truisms" på utendørs benker) [Stein]

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  "TRUISMS" A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS A MAN CAN’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER A NAME MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF GENIUS A SINCERE EFFORT IS A...

  "TRUISMS"
  A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY
  A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS
  A MAN CAN’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER
  A NAME MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF
  A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
  A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN
  A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF GENIUS
  A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK
  A SINGLE EVENT CAN HAVE INFINITELY MANY INTERPRETATIONS
  A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS A SENSE OF SELF
  A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU
  ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM
  ABSTRACTION IS A TYPE OF DECADENCE
  ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE
  ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT
  ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES
  ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED
  AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
  AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE
  AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
  ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATING FORCE
  ANIMALISM IS PERFECTLY HEALTHY
  ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
  ANYTHING IS A LEGITIMATE AREA OF INVESTIGATION
  ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE EARTH
  AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING
  AT TIMES YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS TRUER THAN YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND
  AUTOMATION IS DEADLY
  AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE
  BAD INTENTIONS CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS
  BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR
  BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
  BEING JUDGMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE
  BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU’RE A FOOL
  BELIEVING IN REBIRTH IS THE SAME AS ADMITTING DEFEAT
  BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS
  CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
  CATEGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING
  CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THE OPPRESSED BECOME TYRANTS
  CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY
  CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE
  CHILDREN ARE THE MOST CRUEL OF ALL
  CLASS ACTION IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE
  CLASS STRUCTURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC
  CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST
  CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
  DECADENCE CAN BE AN END IN ITSELF
  DECENCY IS A RELATIVE THING
  DEPENDENCE CAN BE A MEAL TICKET
  DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR
  DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY
  DISGUST IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MOST SITUATIONS
  DISORGANIZATION IS A KIND OF ANESTHESIA
  DON’T PLACE TOO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS
  DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES
  DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION
  DYING AND COMING BACK GIVES YOU CONSIDERABLE PERSPECTIVE
  DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
  EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
  ELABORATION IS A FORM OF POLLUTION
  EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE AS VALUABLE AS INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES
  ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN’T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY
  ENSURE THAT YOUR LIFE STAYS IN FLUX
  EVEN YOUR FAMILY CAN BETRAY YOU
  EVERY ACHIEVEMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE
  EVERYONE’S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT
  EVERYTHING THAT’S INTERESTING IS NEW
  EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE SPECIAL CONCESSIONS
  EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID
  EXPRESSING ANGER IS NECESSARY
  EXTREME BEHAVIOR HAS ITS BASIS IN PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
  EXTREME SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO PERVERSION
  FAITHFULNESS IS A SOCIAL NOT A BIOLOGICAL LAW
  FAKE OR REAL INDIFFERENCE IS A POWERFUL PERSONAL WEAPON
  FATHERS OFTEN USE TOO MUCH FORCE
  FEAR IS THE GREATEST INCAPACITATOR
  FREEDOM IS A LUXURY NOT A NECESSITY
  GIVING FREE REIN TO YOUR EMOTIONS IS AN HONEST WAY TO LIVE
  GO ALL OUT IN ROMANCE AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY
  GOING WITH THE FLOW IS SOOTHING BUT RISKY
  GOOD DEEDS EVENTUALLY ARE REWARDED
  GOVERNMENT IS A BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE
  GRASS ROOTS AGITATION IS THE ONLY HOPE
  GUILT AND SELF-LACERATION ARE INDULGENCES
  HABITUAL CONTEMPT DOESN’T REFLECT A FINER SENSIBILITY
  HIDING YOUR MOTIVES IS DESPICABLE
  HOLDING BACK PROTECTS YOUR VITAL ENERGIES
  HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
  HUMOR IS A RELEASE
  IDEALS ARE REPLACED BY CONVENTIONAL GOALS AT A CERTAIN AGE
  IF YOU AREN’T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY
  IF YOU CAN’T LEAVE YOUR MARK GIVE UP
  IF YOU HAVE MANY DESIRES YOUR LIFE WILL BE INTERESTING
  IF YOU LIVE SIMPLY THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
  IGNORING ENEMIES IS THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT
  ILLNESS IS A STATE OF MIND
  IMPOSING ORDER IS MAN’S VOCATION FOR CHAOS IS HELL
  IN SOME INSTANCES IT’S BETTER TO DIE THAN TO CONTINUE
  INHERITANCE MUST BE ABOLISHED
  IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT
  IT IS HEROIC TO TRY TO STOP TIME
  IT IS MAN’S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF
  IT’S A GIFT TO THE WORLD NOT TO HAVE BABIES
  IT’S BETTER TO BE A GOOD PERSON THAN A FAMOUS PERSON
  IT’S BETTER TO BE LONELY THAN TO BE WITH INFERIOR PEOPLE
  IT’S BETTER TO BE NAIVE THAN JADED
  IT’S BETTER TO STUDY THE LIVING FACT THAN TO ANALYZE HISTORY
  IT’S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE
  IT’S GOOD TO GIVE EXTRA MONEY TO CHARITY
  IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY CLEAN ON ALL LEVELS
  IT’S JUST AN ACCIDENT THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR PARENTS
  IT’S NOT GOOD TO HOLD TOO MANY ABSOLUTES
  IT’S NOT GOOD TO OPERATE ON CREDIT
  IT’S VITAL TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
  JUST BELIEVING SOMETHING CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN
  KEEP SOMETHING IN RESERVE FOR EMERGENCIES
  KILLING IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF
  KNOWING YOURSELF LETS YOU UNDERSTAND OTHERS
  KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE ADVANCED AT ALL COSTS
  LABOR IS A LIFE-DESTROYING ACTIVITY
  LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL
  LEISURE TIME IS A GIGANTIC SMOKE SCREEN
  LISTEN WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS
  LOOKING BACK IS THE FIRST SIGN OF AGING AND DECAY
  LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY
  LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION
  MANUAL LABOR CAN BE REFRESHING AND WHOLESOME
  MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE
  MODERATION KILLS THE SPIRIT
  MONEY CREATES TASTE
  MONOMANIA IS A PREREQUISITE OF SUCCESS
  MORALS ARE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
  MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES
  MOSTLY YOU SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
  MOTHERS SHOULDN’T MAKE TOO MANY SACRIFICES
  MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
  MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE
  MYTHS CAN MAKE REALITY MORE INTELLIGIBLE
  NOISE CAN BE HOSTILE
  NOTHING UPSETS THE BALANCE OF GOOD AND EVIL
  OCCASIONALLY PRINCIPLES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN PEOPLE
  OFFER VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
  OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE YOU ARE SEXLESS
  OLD FRIENDS ARE BETTER LEFT IN THE PAST
  OPACITY IS AN IRRESISTIBLE CHALLENGE
  PAIN CAN BE A VERY POSITIVE THING
  PEOPLE ARE BORING UNLESS THEY’RE EXTREMISTS
  PEOPLE ARE NUTS IF THEY THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT
  PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO UNLESS THEY’RE INSANE
  PEOPLE WHO DON’T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES
  PEOPLE WHO GO CRAZY ARE TOO SENSITIVE
  PEOPLE WON’T BEHAVE IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
  PHYSICAL CULTURE IS SECOND-BEST
  PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS ESCAPISM
  PLAYING IT SAFE CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE LONG RUN
  POLITICS IS USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN
  POTENTIAL COUNTS FOR NOTHING UNTIL IT’S REALIZED
  PRIVATE PROPERTY CREATED CRIME
  PURSUING PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF PLEASURE WILL RUIN YOU
  PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
  RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY
  RANDOM MATING IS GOOD FOR DEBUNKING SEX MYTHS
  RECHANNELING DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSES IS A SIGN OF MATURITY
  RECLUSES ALWAYS GET WEAK
  REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH IS IMPERATIVE
  RELATIVITY IS NO BOON TO MANKIND
  RELIGION CAUSES AS MANY PROBLEMS AS IT SOLVES
  REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
  REPETITION IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN
  RESOLUTIONS SERVE TO EASE YOUR CONSCIENCE
  REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH CHANGES IN THE INDIVIDUAL
  ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN
  ROUTINE IS A LINK WITH THE PAST
  ROUTINE SMALL EXCESSES ARE WORSE THAN THE OCCASIONAL DEBAUCH
  SACRIFICING YOURSELF FOR A BAD CAUSE IS NOT A MORAL ACT
  SALVATION CAN’T BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
  SELF-AWARENESS CAN BE CRIPPLING
  SELF-CONTEMPT CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
  SELFISHNESS IS THE MOST BASIC MOTIVATION
  SELFLESSNESS IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT
  SEPARATISM IS THE WAY TO A NEW BEGINNING
  SEX DIFFERENCES ARE HERE TO STAY
  SIN IS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL
  SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON
  SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME
  SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
  SOMETIMES SCIENCE ADVANCES FASTER THAN IT SHOULD
  SOMETIMES THINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD
  SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS ANTISOCIAL
  STARVATION IS NATURE’S WAY
  STASIS IS A DREAM STATE
  STERILIZATION IS A WEAPON OF THE RULERS
  STRONG EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT STEMS FROM BASIC INSECURITY
  STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BREED
  SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST APPLIES TO MEN AND ANIMALS
  SYMBOLS ARE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THINGS THEMSELVES
  TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION
  TALKING IS USED TO HIDE ONE’S INABILITY TO ACT
  TEASING PEOPLE SEXUALLY CAN HAVE UGLY CONSEQUENCES
  TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE OR BREAK US
  THE CRUELEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DOWN
  THE DESIRE TO REPRODUCE IS A DEATH WISH
  THE FAMILY IS LIVING ON BORROWED TIME
  THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY
  THE IDEA OF TRANSCENDENCE IS USED TO OBSCURE OPPRESSION
  THE IDIOSYNCRATIC HAS LOST ITS AUTHORITY
  THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE
  THE MUNDANE IS TO BE CHERISHED
  THE NEW IS NOTHING BUT A RESTATEMENT OF THE OLD
  THE ONLY WAY TO BE PURE IS TO STAY BY YOURSELF
  THE SUM OF YOUR ACTIONS DETERMINES WHAT YOU ARE
  THE UNATTAINABLE IS INVARIABLY ATTRACTIVE
  THE WORLD OPERATES ACCORDING TO DISCOVERABLE LAWS
  THERE ARE TOO FEW IMMUTABLE TRUTHS TODAY
  THERE’S NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU SENSE
  THERE’S NOTHING REDEEMING IN TOIL
  THINKING TOO MUCH CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS
  THREATENING SOMEONE SEXUALLY IS A HORRIBLE ACT
  TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE
  TO DISAGREE PRESUPPOSES MORAL INTEGRITY
  TO VOLUNTEER IS REACTIONARY
  TORTURE IS BARBARIC
  TRADING A LIFE FOR A LIFE IS FAIR ENOUGH
  TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
  UNIQUE THINGS MUST BE THE MOST VALUABLE
  UNQUESTIONING LOVE DEMONSTRATES LARGESSE OF SPIRIT
  USING FORCE TO STOP FORCE IS ABSURD
  VIOLENCE IS PERMISSIBLE EVEN DESIRABLE OCCASIONALLY
  WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE
  WE MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
  WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP
  WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE
  WITH PERSEVERANCE YOU CAN DISCOVER ANY TRUTH
  WORDS TEND TO BE INADEQUATE
  WORRYING CAN HELP YOU PREPARE
  YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY
  YOU ARE GUILELESS IN YOUR DREAMS
  YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUTING THE MEANING OF THINGS
  YOU ARE THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
  YOU CAN LIVE ON THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS
  YOU CAN’T EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE SOMETHING THEY’RE NOT
  YOU CAN’T FOOL OTHERS IF YOU’RE FOOLING YOURSELF
  YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WHAT UNTIL YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF
  YOU HAVE TO HURT OTHERS TO BE EXTRAORDINARY
  YOU MUST BE INTIMATE WITH A TOKEN FEW
  YOU MUST DISAGREE WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES
  YOU MUST HAVE ONE GRAND PASSION
  YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU STOP AND THE WORLD BEGINS
  YOU ONLY CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN SEX
  YOU OWE THE WORLD NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
  YOU SHOULD STUDY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
  YOUR ACTIONS ARE POINTLESS IF NO ONE NOTICES
  YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES

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• Artist Holzer, Jenny
• Title (tekst fra "Truisms" på utendørs benker)
• Identifier KORO.004895
• Creation date 2002
• Materials and techniques Sandblåst tekst på sort granitt
• Type Fineart

• Indexing term Integrert kunst
• Subject

  Verket består av 12 benker utendørs med tekst fra «Truisms» (1977-79), og inngår i utsmykking som også omfatter én innendørs benk i vrimlehallen samt ett piknikbord på campus. Benkene skal fungere både som et møbel og en forlengelse av den arkitektoniske ramme for campus, samtidig som de er et medium for kunstnerens tekster.

  I relasjonen mellom granittbenkenes anonymitet og tekstene som trer frem blir installasjonen mer enn kun en innredning på den ene siden og ideer på den andre. Sammen skaper de poesi. Det uttrykksbærende element i installasjonen er kontrasten mellom tekstenes særegne intensitet som dannes i møte med den kalde sorte granitten.

• Brukssted Norge Vest-Agder Kristiansand Universitetet i Agder Gimlemoen, 4630 Kristiansand S
• Title NOR (tekst fra "Truisms" på utendørs benker) original
• Designation Installasjon
• Precise designation
  • Stein
  • Møbel
• Catalog level Enkeltverk

• Dimensions value
  • Dybde 50.0 cm (Hovedmål)
  • Bredde 240.0 cm (Hovedmål)
  • Høyde 46.0 cm (Hovedmål)
• Materials Granitt
• Techniques Sandblåst