I am going to do my best NOT to mention that Mr. Shkreli claims he burned a copy of the "Shaolin" to a laptop hard drive, before he lost custody of it, in various legal proceedings, in 2017.
Oops. Oh well. Where was I? Right.
In a highly-gratifying turn of events, the Wu- has consented to "charitable" listening parties -- this first one at a museum exhibit exploring the effect of celebrity status and digitization on... art. And Pleasr, the art collective, has agreed to do more of this.
Below is the full story (out of Tazmania) -- but two object lessons emerge: (i) Martin Shkreli will not be able to further monetize his bootleg copy, and (ii) you likely won't have to wait very long for a similar listening party, at some art museum in the US or the EU.
Here's the UK Guardian on it:
. . .“Every once in a while, an object on this planet possesses mystical properties that transcend its material circumstances,” Jarrod Rawlins, Mona’s director of curatorial affairs, said. “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is more than just an album, so when I was thinking about status, and what a transcendent namedrop could be, I knew I had to get it into this exhibition.”
Pleasr said it was “honoured to partner with Mona to support RZA’s vision for Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”.
“Ten years ago, the Wu-Tang Clan had a bold vision to make a single copy album as a work of fine art. To ‘put it in an art gallery. . . make music become a living piece like a Mona Lisa or a sceptre from Egypt’,” Pleasr said in a statement. “With this single work of art, the Wu-Tang Clan’s intention was to redefine the meaning of music ownership and value in a world of digital streaming and commodification of music.”
Also in the exhibition are objects such as David Bowie’s original handwritten lyrics for Starman, complete with spelling corrections, which was purchased at auction by Mona’s owner, David Walsh, in 2022. . . .
Now you know. Onward, grinning -- ever, grinning.
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