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An Inginvenient Truth
Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson—he of fake ROM bomb fame—has given an interview to the Post, the first since his conviction for mischief and subsequent probation in September. The interview’s short, but there’s a lot to take away from it: Jonsson reveals that his piece was “equally as big” in his native Reykjavik as here, but “in Toronto, it was crazy. Hate mail, and death threats, and people coming up on the street and threatening me”; he discusses some of the ways in which 9/11 was art (a comparison that, however disquieting, has been made by everyone from Jean Baudrillard to Elizabeth Wurtzel); talks about a piece of his in Reykjavik that pissed off the neighbours there; and claims that “besides the interruption to the benefit, the public response, and the way people handled the piece, I consider [the ROM piece] my finest work to date, in a certain way.” Oh, and he really likes it here and hopes to come back: “I’m so in love with Toronto. I wish they were more positive towards me.”