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
© Andrea Polli, Appetite 4, installation detail, Here Space, NY, 1995 © Andrea Polli, Appetite 4, detail from installation WWW site showing a studio photograph of objects on a plate, 1995 “Research into the concept of appetite led me to consider my personal appetite for possessions. It became clear to me that I (like many…
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“We have entered La ZAD (Zone A Défendre) – Europe’s largest postcapitalist protest camp – a kind of rural occupy on the eastern edge of Brittany, half and hour’s drive from the city of Nantes. Like a rebel constellation spread across 4000 acres of forest, farmland and marshes, it takes the form of old squatted…
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photo caption (above) © Tinkebell, Saving a Broiler, installation © Tinkebell, Brutus with Idiot, photo printed as a poster, made in collaboration with Mirjam Muller, with special thanks to the idiots © Tinkebell, Her name is Sarah, performance (the animal is used as a commodity article: as part of an individuals carefully build image and…
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© Chen Qiulin, Ellisis’s Series No. 3, 2002 (photograph) © Chen Qiulin, Peach Blossom, 2009 (dvd still) At a time when her understanding of contemporary art was still limited, Chen was unexpectedly invited to partake in Parabola, a satellite show of the First Chengdu Biennale (2001). On this occasion she created Ellisis (. . .…
Read More© Christin Boggs, Untitled, from the series Cheap Fix © Christin Boggs, Untitled, from the series Cheap Fix “With mass acceptance of America’s fast-food mentality, older traditions and rituals of preparing and sharing food are rapidly disappearing. Food and tableware have undergone a chemical makeover, resulting in supermarket shelves stocked with items that imitate flavors…
Read More© Dianne Davis, Untitled, from the series Haven, work in progress © Dianne Davis, Untitled, from the series Haven, work in progress More of Dianne’s work here
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© Jessica Sumerling, Living room, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 © Jessica Sumerling, Keith’s winter shower, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 © Jessica Sumerling, Tilly and Aimee, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 As modern society has been burdened with social, political and environmental challenges, people have become disenchanted with our current way…
Read More© Tibor Gyenis, Area, 2004 © Tibor Gyenis, Self, 2007
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© Daniel Shea, Hillary, from the series Removing Mountains, 2007 © Daniel Shea, Sunday, from the series Removing Mountains, 2007 “In the summer of 2007 I began shooting a body of work examining the coal industry in Appalachia. What started as an interest in the modern coal mining process known as mountaintop removal,…
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