Tuesday, September 9, 2008

How to be famous in the Persian artists community out of Iran

Per your request!, here is my instruction in how to become famous in the Persian artists community. With the help of this instruction you can beat anyone regardless of how dumb you are.

  1. Find anyone around you who has connections to famous or semi-famous artists. Remember, this is the first and the most important step toward your goal. Be as picky as you can and find people who you want to be alike. Being cool is very important and the group you hang out with defines your level of coolness.
  2. Go to all arts events. Try to take as many pictures as you can with famous artists even if someone else is taking the picture. Put your pics up in your facebook page and the other pics will pop up from someone else's blog or profile.
  3. Make comments on your pictures as soon as you publish them on facebook so that even friends of your friends can see them.
  4. Add as many artists you know to your facebook profile. Don’t worry, they will confirm your friend request. They want to be famous as much as you do.
  5. When you see the same artist that you took that picture with a while back, go to him/her and try to make a conversation. Don’t bother if they can’t remember you in the first place. In fact, lots of them recall you but it’s so uncool to recognize you right away.
  6. Try to hang out with them in the second time as much as you can. Be creative. Buy them drinks, invite them to an after-party, ask them to attend that other art show, etc.
  7. Always have some ideas about the show or event you are attending. It doesn’t matter how dumb your view is because almost nothing makes sense in arts. Just throw the words out using vague descriptions and ask them about their opinion too.
  8. Try to make friends with reporters from Radiozamaaneh, RadioFarda, VOA and BBC Persian. Avoid talking to Guardian or New York Times people. They are fair.
  9. Start being an artist yourself. Do you know how to play the piano? Good! It doesn’t matter if you barely finished Beyer ten years ago. Go find a piece of music that no one has ever heard of and read everything about it from the composition structure to the composer’s biography. Memorize the piece and have it always handy to play especially in private parties. If you are so dumb, you can always write. So, start a blog and with the help of your friends in Radiozamaaneh, Radio Farda or BBC you can establish your fame in no time.
  10. Try to make a circle of friends. Always adore their works of art religiously. Think of it as a trade-in business. You adore their work, they adore your work and everyone is happy. On the other hand, when there is an opportunity, even if you are not qualified to take it, don't recommend your friends for it. Do you want your friends to be more famous than you? No!, never! they better be dead!
  11. The last step is to keep up with the community. You don’t need to show up in every event anymore. Actually it’s not cool at all. But when you show up, try to be late and hang out in the waiting room or at the bar more than where the main even is going on. You need to provide other people an opportunity to meet you and continue their own dumb path of becoming famous.

    See how smart this plan is. So, give up trying to be a true artist to fit in this community my friend. It doesn’t work that way.

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