Difference between revisions of "Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley on the Universal World Church"
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− | MK: You did a booklet in the style of ''Awake''. There was also a golden altar--didn't that reference the altar at the Universal World Church, which is a strange charismatic church where they mix Christian and UFO beliefs? | + | The following is an excerpt from an interview between Los Angeles based artists Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw. This dialog is published identically in the books ''Mike Kelley: Interviews, Conversations, and Chit-chat, 1986-2004''<ref> |
+ | {{cite book | ||
+ | | last = Kelley | ||
+ | | first = Mike | ||
+ | | year = 2005 | ||
+ | | title = Mike Kelley: interviews, conversations, and chit-chat, 1986-2004 | ||
+ | | publisher = JRP/Ringier | ||
+ | | pages = 279 | ||
+ | | accessdate = 2012-04-02 | ||
+ | | isbn= 3905701006 | ||
+ | | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=uzSgQeJVfeEC&dq | ||
+ | }}</ref> and "Jim Shaw:Everything Must Go, 1974-1999". | ||
+ | <blockquote>MK: You did a booklet in the style of ''Awake''. There was also a golden altar--didn't that reference the altar at the Universal World Church, which is a strange charismatic church where they mix Christian and UFO beliefs? | ||
− | JS: Yes, the church run by Dr. Jaggers and Miss Velma--that was a part of it. When I went to a service there they had a booklet about meetings with UFOs; the motherships were supposed to be seraphim and the smaller ones cherubim. Watching them on TV every week certainly influenced me. | + | JS: Yes, the church run by Dr. Jaggers and Miss Velma--that was a part of it. When I went to a service there they had a booklet about meetings with UFOs; the motherships were supposed to be seraphim and the smaller ones cherubim. Watching them on TV every week certainly influenced me.</blockquote> |
+ | |||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{Reflist}} | ||
+ | [[Category: O. L. Jaggers in Print]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Universal World Church in Print]] |
Revision as of 19:15, 2 April 2012
The following is an excerpt from an interview between Los Angeles based artists Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw. This dialog is published identically in the books Mike Kelley: Interviews, Conversations, and Chit-chat, 1986-2004[1] and "Jim Shaw:Everything Must Go, 1974-1999".
MK: You did a booklet in the style of Awake. There was also a golden altar--didn't that reference the altar at the Universal World Church, which is a strange charismatic church where they mix Christian and UFO beliefs? JS: Yes, the church run by Dr. Jaggers and Miss Velma--that was a part of it. When I went to a service there they had a booklet about meetings with UFOs; the motherships were supposed to be seraphim and the smaller ones cherubim. Watching them on TV every week certainly influenced me.
References
- ↑ Kelley, Mike (2005). Mike Kelley: interviews, conversations, and chit-chat, 1986-2004. JRP/Ringier. pp. 279. ISBN 3905701006. Retrieved 2012-04-02.