From time to time I revisit Gus van Sant’s movie Elephant. I think of it as a brilliant artwork, definitely his best. The characters, the composition, the poignancy of the argument… though he mastered them all what really captivated me was the animal theme and the symbolism behind its use. I remember reading an…
Read More┐ Oh Venice, trendy Venice, is capitalism in the eye of the beholder? └
© photo by Pleroma, 52th Venice Biennale, 2007 © Jeremy Deller, We Sit Starving Amidst our Gold, 2013. This wall painting represents the Victorian thinker and designer William Morris returning from the dead to destroy Roman Abramovich’s yacht. © Vadim Zakharov, 2013 “The Greek myth of the impregnation of Danae is subjected to numerous readings:…
Read More┐ Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, “I hate Portugal” & “I hate Algarve” └
from 30th of May to the 6th of June, the complete film can be seen online here “Palácios is a film about Portugal, and the line about hating Portugal and the Algarve is indicative of how part of that project was made. Gabriel wanted to make a film in Portugal, and was very interested in…
Read More┐ Pedro Guimarães’ affair with Monsanto └
© Pedro Guimarães, Mrs. Iria burning dry organic waste in her parcel of land, Monsanto, Portugal “Monsanto Blues is a project that depicts daily life in Portugal’s ‘most typical village’. Once a thriving self-sufficient community located in the interior of Portugal, Monsanto became a good metaphor to describe the impact of recent social developments on…
Read More┐ Fernández Rivero, Colector └
England, William, Skeleton leaves, London, 1862 Mother and daughter, daguerrotipo, c.1860, unanimous Jean Laurent, Córdoba, street scene (1870) Joaquín Oses, Suitcase with guitar, 1880 Victorian album Kusakabe Kimbei, japanese couple, Yokohama 1890. Albúmina coloreada. CFR “Fernández Rivero (Málaga, 1956), former economist, has been acquiring photographs for a quarter of a century. He first started with…
Read More┐ Lake Como – from Camera Lucida to drawing, from Photography to Pinhole └
© Dave Wise © Fox Talbot, drawing made with Wollaston’s Camera Lucida, Italy, 1833 “One of the first days of the month of October 1833, I was amusing myself on the lovely shores of the Lake of Como, in Italy, taking sketches with Wollaston’s Camera Lucida, or rather I should say, attempting to take them:…
Read More┐ Becky Comber, construt, collage, photograph and re-photograph └
© Becky Comber, Untitled, from Windows, 2004 © Becky Comber, Untitled, from Sky Edges and Other Ridges, 2013 © Becky Comber, Prairiesd, from Canadian Road Windows, 2006 © Becky Comber, Untitled, from Association, 2005 © Becky Comber, The Lines, from Canadian Road Windows, 2009 http://www.beckycomber.com
Read More┐ Alison Honey, heterogeneously coherent └
© Alison Honey, Untitled, from the ongoing series The Enchantments © Alison Honey, Untitled, from the ongoing series The Enchantments © Alison Honey, Untitled, from the ongoing series The Doll’s House © Alison Honey, Untitled, from the ongoing series The Doll’s House More of Alison’s here
Read More┐ Laurie Kang, multiple folds and a print └
© Laurie Kang, Untitled, C-print, 2013 © Laurie Kang, Untitled form (Sufficiency), Chromogenic paper, clamp, nail, 2012 © Laurie Kang, Untitled Forms (Sufficiency) Chromogenic paper, nail, clamp and C-print, nail, clamp, 2013 © Laurie Kang, Psychogeographic Waterfall, C-prints, 16″ x 20″, 2011 © Laurie Kang, Confused archive, 2013 © Laurie Kang, Natural Image (Unknown duration,…
Read More┐ Berndnaut Smilde, the Weatherman └
© Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus D’Aspremont, 2012 / photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk © Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus D’Aspremont, 2012 / photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk “I came up with a method using temperature controllers, moisture and backlighting. It took a while but I eventually got the hang of it. It’s not really a particular high tech…
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┐ Irena Lagator, responsible resistance └
© Irena Lagator Pejović, Resistence Reservoir, 2012. Equation in english, montenegrin and german written on an ex Mazut (fuel oil) reservoir @ garden of the Ministry of Culture, public project for Cetinje, Montenegro © Irena Lagator Pejović, Knowledge of the Limited Responsibility Society (extended), 2012. Ongoing series of original customer receipts bound in 18 books.…
Read More┐ Can a symbolic image become a code? └
This image is from yesterday’s official communication by the Portuguese PM about new austerity measures. It shows a reporter wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt. I know it is symbolic but I like to imagine it could be a code, a message given to rise a sort of underground army. Yes, I know, sci-fi, maybe I’ve…
Read More┐ Alma Haser’s Cosmic Surgery └
© Alma Haser, all from the series Cosmic Surgery “Alma has always made things with her hands and now tries to find ways to combine her fine art background with photography. She has used origami in the past as props in her photographs, but in this series ‘Cosmic Surgery’ the origami has become an integral…
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