Lights out.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES, who died of AIDS in 1996, intended the warm incandescent in·can·des·cent adj. 1. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated. 2. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See Synonyms at bright. 3. bulbs in his 1993 installation Untitled (Strange Music) to burn out and be replaced, part of a cycle of expiration and renewal. To substitute long-lasting, environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] compact fluorescent bulbs would change the piece beyond recognition. But that's just what the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community expects gallery owners, curators, and contemporary artists to do. European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. Directive 2005/32/EG banned the sale and importation of 100-watt incandescent bulbs starting September I, with lower wattages phasing out over time. There is no exception for artists or museums, and getting caught selling wasteful old-style bulbs brings a whopping $70,000 fine. Sales of incandescent bulbs were up 150 percent in the E.U. in August, but hoarding isn't a viable option to protect the bulb-intensive works of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Holler, Jorge Pardo, and the many others joining Gonzalez Torres on the endangered list. The E.U. has stood by the total ban, with spokesman Ferran Tarradellas boldly overstating his case in Art Forum: "It's utterly ludicrous to ask the commission for the sake of art to leave a product on the market that could be dangerous for the environment, health, and the consumer. Otherwise exceptions could be asked for when an artist wants to use anti-person [sic] landmines, enriched plutonium plutonium (pl  tō`nēəm), radioactive chemical element; symbol Pu; at. no. 94; mass no. of most stable isotope 244; m.p. 641°C;; b.p. 3,232°C;; sp. gr. 19. ,
or CFC CFCSee: Controlled foreign corporation ." Katherine Mangu-Ward (kmw@reason.com) is a senior editor at reason. |
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