When we created our first idea of EndlessRoom, it was to liberate art. We saw a major problem with the current system. At first we wanted to “Bring Down the Man!” aka the Galleries, but then realized that it is NOT an zero sum game and that the galleries DO play an intricate role in the promotion of art. And that we can never replace the experience of seeing art in the physical space - as long as it is free….

My favorite poet Saul Williams recently jumped on this train of avoiding the middle man or labels first done by Radiohead to free it on the web. Saul is a mastermind with words and he describes the current trend that art is moving down . . . He could not of summed the feelings of why we created these platforms any better. The following is his manifesto for “The Rise and Fall of Niggy Tardust”

“My Dearest Friends and Fans,

It is my greatest honor to present to you The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, my new album produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder. The wall of sound that we’ve created is tagged with such graffiti that a passerby would seek out doors and ways to ENTER. Once inside a world defined by dreams come true they’d find aligned with the simplest act of sharing what we treasure. Most people aren’t aware of the world of art and commerce where exploitation strips each artist down to nigger. Each label, like apartheid, multiplies us by our divide and whips us ’til we conform to lesser figures. What falls between the cracks is a pile of records stacked to the heights of talents hidden from the sun. Yet the energy they put into popularizing smut makes a star of a shiny polished gun. The ballot or the bullet for Mohawk or the mullet is a choice between new times and dying days. And the only way to choose is to jump ship from old truths and trust dolphins as we swim through changing ways. The ways of middlemen proves to be just a passing trend. We need no priests to talk to God. No phone to call her. And when you click the link below, i think it fair that you should know that your purchase will make middlemen much poorer . . .“