addendum to art fart.

this is going to be a narrative either at the beginning or the end of "city of joys", my latest apocryphal art project...

roland joffe missed an 's' at the end of 'city of joy'. i mean, joy can't be a unique factor in any city, let alone kolkata.

it is a city that is abound with joys. small joys, big joys. simple joys, fancy joys. uptown joys, downtown joys. legitimate joys, bastard joys. morning joys, night joys. straight joys, gay joys.

joy cometh in the morning. or so thinks wodehouse. joys can cometh when they are sufficiently aroused. sexually, i mean.

joy isn't simply an emotion in kolkata. joy is very likely your next door neighbour.

joy is joyonto.

art fart

there is roland joffe's "city of joy". fortunately or unfortunately, this celluloid um... work has remained just a name to me and yet, it gave me inspiration and much er... joy on an idle wednesday morning.

joyonto or joyanta is a fairly common bengali name.

those who can see what i'm getting at can shut their traps and get the godsfuck out of here before you are tempted to question my intelligence or my sanity. for those who don't, here's the blueprint...

these hm... species are called "joy" for short. and there's easily a million of them in kolkata. imagine getting at least 20% of them to congregate in several well-known locations in kolkata thru' the viral sms thing. get a decent enough camera- nothing fancy, just a handycam. script is one simple line- "hi, i'm joy". no acting required. no makeup. no leading woman. sharp editing topped off with a decent enough music score (say, durga pooja music- "joyo, joyo he mahishasura moddhini, etc.)

best short action film at the oscars' is mine next year.

next post: what i'll wear to the oscars'.