ARE YOU POST?

“Am I post? No idea, to be honest. According to Anika Meier, we are in the age of the post-artist, but since her article in Spike #87 did not mention my name, I can't say if I would make the list. So I try to express my confusion in this vibe-coded song and video, in a continuation of my grievance songs series. Posted. Over and out.” – Mario Klingemann

You've got the studio, you've got the grant
You've got the statement, you've got the stance
You've got the gallerist, you've got the show
But are you post?

You read the theory, you did the work
You've been emerging for a while
Intentionality? A Triviality.
But are you post?

If you're not post, then you have lost
so better post, post, post, post, post, post!

You went conceptual, you went sincere
You went ironic, you disappeared
You came back quiet, you came back loud
But are you post?

You made the thing, you broke the thing
You named the thing, you sold the thing
You stood beside it for the photograph
But are you post?

Hans-Ulrich knows your name
But he never mentions it
Does that make you post or what?
On second thought there is a thing
that might worry you a bit:
He is best friends with your pal Mat

If you're not post, then you have lost
so better post, post, post, post, post, post!

You post at midnight, you post at noon
You post the studio, you post the room
You post the coffee, you post the doubt
But are you post?

Just keep on posting long enough
And leave your marks on every wall
The present might stay oblivious
But you'll be post post-posthumous!