So here it comes in full length. As I am not a native English speaker there may be other ways to do the job. Also to use the Google translator on the original text brings a readable result.
As I published the first part of THE ARTEFACT in 2013 in Heise Verlag Herbert W. Franke told me to use Sergius Both as this pseudonym by referencing him as the maker of the ultimate art machine MONDRIAN. So I kept it this way in further chapters ...
The Blue Elephant
Sergius Both (1987, first published as ´Der Blaue Elefant´ in 1997)
A jury meets, it awards a computer graphics prize, but then there are still
objections.
Ladies and Gentlemen. What you see now is the prize winning work. Carry
Eisfeldt was stunned. This concoction should be the best picture. For this
purpose, a panel of experts had met three days, experts of international
standing, and now this! Carry knew some of the artists who participated, and
there were some great ones among them – of course not to forget himself. But
suddenly someone approaches him and pats him on the back and shakes his hand.
"So, you're the lucky one! A great piece of art." A group of people applauds. In
the middle of it all, Carry Eisfeldt didn’t know what hit him.
.. the following passages are not finally done. I wait for the reply of my editor ...- see it as a DRAFT ...
Professor Kurt Drontheim, chairman of the jury, closed his
notebook with a snap. "This was a difficult birth, but at least we agree -
the winner is a certain ... ", he leafed through a pile of paper,
"Carry Eisfeldt. I will find a way to communicate the reasons for this
decision. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. "
On the front of the conference room, on the large screen, the
award-winning work was to be seen: above a pastel-colored gray-brown background
stretched a tracery of yellow and black lines.
"Just a moment," cried Dr. Czylinsky, chief editor of a
major media Art Journal . "That we agree, you really cannot say. Finally,
there is a very narrow majority decision. "
Markus Holtermans pushed his pipe from the left to the right
corner of his mouth and said: "Czylinsky is right " Professor
Drontheim, who wanted to go away already let himself fall into his cushioned
seat again. "What´s the matter with it? "
"The picture has flaws," cried Czylinsky . "Even
the contrasts do not fit, you can hardly separate the foreground from the
background. "
"Well, if there is nothing else." Drontheim leaned over
the keyboard, typed in a few numbers. "Is that better ?"
"It is better," muttered Holtermans .
"It's better, but still not good," so Czylinsky, who
seemed to have no desire to end the session. "What bothers me is this
background, this drab colors ... How would it be if we change it a
little?"
"Green", Holtermann said, pulling on his pipe .
Now, Virginia Miller-Stark, who was switched on via a telephone
line reported. "But, gentlemen, we can´t do that!"
The professor ignored her, he shook his head and reached for the
mouse. He activated the color palette and set the background to green.
Now Tagore Rajman lifted hand: "This brings another error in
the image to the scene: the basic structure is too arbitrary. Could´nt we put
some emphasis in?"
Drontheim shook his head wearily, Rajman looked over his glasses.
Then he sighed and typed a few numbers, clicked multiple times on the mouse -
and the mesh had turned into a brownish-yellow mass, which looked quite
unappetizing.
"That's horrible," came Virginia's voice through the
speaker. "I have to decide ..." Drontheim grabbed the knob as
casually as possible and turned the knob gently to 'quiet'.
"You can´t let the picture be this way!" shouted
Czylinsky. He thought intensely. "This structure in the middle is not
meaningful. We should do something striking there, something symbolic ."
Rajman went to the console and worked with nimble fingers on
keyboard and mouse. The brown mass transformed into several clearly defined
forms, until Holtermans suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
They all stared at the picture: the figure had become a little
clumsy: an oval with several foothills .
"There you have your icon", Drontheim said, and also
Rajman was visibly pleased with the results of his experiments. "An
amoeba."
"An elephant," objected Holtermans. In fact - now all
could clearly recognize: an elephant.
On the screen you saw Virginia Miller-Stark who gesticulated
violently, but you heard nothing of what she spoke.
"The colors do not match", Czylinsky said, tapping
nervously with a ballpoint pen on the table .
"Make him grey" demanded Drontheim, but Rajman seemed
unsure.
"Blue", Holtermans said and drew on his pipe.
"Why not blue ?" Rajman pushed the mouse back and forth
- and the elephant was blue.
"Now everything is right," he said.
"Looks good," confirmed Drontheim, " the picture is
worthy of the price. I have seen at first glance what power is in it."
"That's it then," Holtermans said and slapped ((cleaned, cleared, flushed???)) his
pipe contentedly at the ashtray. On the screen was still visible Virginia
Miller-Stark, in her involuntary silent protest.
"Then we have agreed", Drontheim said, and now there was
no contradiction.
***
The largest swirl ((whirl,
eddy???)) had died down. Carry Eisfeldt was still standing in front of his
picture. 'The Blue Elephant' - he could not put up with it. From his artwork
worst kitsch ((hokum, trash??)) had become.
// I know this is not a
good sentence, but this way you get the meaning … Out of his artwork kitsch was
made?? //
Urgh! ((Tut! by the
devil???)) He would make a protest, he would not accept the prize, the jury
...
The price was associated with 5000 Euro and that made Carry a
little thoughtful. 5000 Euro are a considerable sum for a starving artist.
He looked at the picture again. This green background, well placed
in the middle the massive animal form ... strictly speaking, it finally came
out of him. Maybe that was not so bad.
Actually ... a highly competent jury had selected this picture -
oneself has finally also to recognize the opinion of others . One could still
think about it.
He placed himself under the 'Blue Elephant' and took the
congratulations with a happy smile.
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