N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
Vito Acconci passed away last Friday, the 28th, at 77. Acconci’s performances were partly responsible for my interest in staged photography, which then developed into an interest in durational performance, again inspired by Acconci, Tehching Hsieh and Marina & Ulay’s performances. When I heard the news about Acconci’s death I remembered something he once said about Marina Abramovic’s retrospective…
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Marina Abramovic, © Marco Anelli The first time I cried while reading a book I was going through some spectator’s reviews of The House With the Ocean View, in the book featuring that performance. I naturally connect to the atmospheres Marina often tries to create and can understand the importance of immateriality and spirituality in…
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It appears as if I’m setting up to argue for an against my own claims. How fucked up am I? In a recent post I said The word is: COMPROMISE and now Adorno is saying (in is overly-sarcastic tone) that I’m an hypocrite. Though he uses the word ‘commitment’, we’re talking about the same thing…
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This post serves the sole purpose of sharing documentation about my favorite Marina Abramovic’s performance: “The House with the Ocean View”. There are not many photographs available on the web, so here is a a contribution. photo documentation (day 1 – day 4) photographs by Attilio Maranzano photo documentation (day 5 – day 8) photographs…
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© Heather Cassils, Day 1, 02-20-10, 2011 © Heather Cassils, Day 140, 07-20-10, 2011. © Heather Cassils “There are two constants in my life: art and exercise. Art started first, then after a serious childhood illness I discovered my body through lifting weights. I am now a visual artist and a personal trainer. My brush…
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