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2005 NEOIST FESTIVAL ARTIFACT-007 - The report

The ?th NEOIST WORLD CONGRESS plus NEOIST WORLD'S FAIR

The Neoist Society's October 2005 series of events in Cuernavaca, Mexico and surrounding areas were a huge success.

Cecil Touchon meeting with performer Mike Jones and crew at the airport

This year, world experts and leaders in Neoism convened as part of the Neoist World Congress (NWC) Advisory Board of Directors, chaired by The Honorable Monty Cantsin 433, ONZ. Their goal was to define the issues and challenges facing Neoism in its task to stupefy onlookers and fuel revolution to a population growing in numbness and idiocy. Critical issues such as identity transfer, identity trade policy, insecurity, open mind systems, sustainable resistance, capacity building and, perhaps most importantly, presence availability were addressed.

Highlights included a keynote address from Cecil Touchon, Founding Director of The Ontological Museum. He delivered a rallying speech to the delegates — and particularly to the converters from other art movements, who are feeling the effects of cultural pressures the most. “This is such a terrific opportunity,” he said, urging converters to think of themselves as service providers to their neoist converts, helping the fledgling neoists to expand their minds, as well as helping them save their sanity. The keys to long-term sustain ability, he added, are in expanding the envelope into new areas, developing existing modes into new ones, and new modes into existing ones. Painters could — and should — overcome their reluctance.

"The American Neoist of the 21 century has to be flexible, responsive and stealthy," Touchon said. "Our job is to build and diversify the cultural work force which globalization needs to guarantee freedom, promote the neoist agenda, and ensure the diversity of our great culture. We ensure cultural workers stay awake with the FEHB (Feeling Every Hard Bump) - the best health program in the world."

The summit featured international decision makers responsible for improving the delivery of chaos and mayhem. The conference addressed strategic challenges and opportunities to foster strong public/private performances, and presented lessons learned from the school of hard knocks.

"President Bush's vision for the future of the world is one in which neoists around the world have no place and will be regards as terrorists," stated Touchon. "As the President has said, ‘The people must be heard creating a growing need for us neoists to remain silent. This silence will help neoists to remain out of the reach of the mob Bush refers to as 'the people'. They will help sustain the boredom affecting us all encouraging entrenchment and a return to the box that everyone is trying to think outside of. As all neoists know, there is not box though 'the people' seem to never escape it.'"