the hamartia disease

tobia:youmightfindyourself: photo by Jeff Wall (Canadian, born...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:08 -0500

tobia:youmightfindyourself:

photo by Jeff Wall (Canadian, born 1946)
After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue, 2001

digitalphrenology: Berlinde De Bruyckere

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:45:52 -0500

digitalphrenology:

Berlinde De Bruyckere

Number Scarf | Little Factory

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:17:36 -0500

Number Scarf | Little Factory

iheartmyart: English Russia » Lost City of Chernobyl

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:02:35 -0500

iheartmyart:

English Russia » Lost City of Chernobyl

In the short video “80064,” the artist who made it, Artur...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:44:00 -0500

In the short video “80064,” the artist who made it, Artur Zmijewski,
persuades an elderly Auschwitz survivor to have the faded number on his forearm refreshed by a tattoo artist. The befuddled old gentleman had evidently agreed beforehand to have this done, but on camera he is having second thoughts. He doesn’t see the point and worries about the consequences. But he eventually surrenders to Mr. Zmijewski’s implacable urging, and the tattooist retraces the digits. Afterward the old man seems ambivalent; it’s hard to tell whether he’s glad he let it be done or not. Maybe he is just relieved that the ordeal is over.
Ostensibly, renewing the number is a metaphor about memory and history. We mustn’t forget the Holocaust and other catastrophes, or similar events are bound to happen again. Was this hackneyed lesson worth the price of a vulnerable old man’s peace of mind?

Ken Johnson, An Artist Turns People Into His Marionettes. New York Times.

(via cosmic-dust)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:13:47 -0500

(via cosmic-dust)

iheartmyart: Roger Ballen, Twirling Wires, from the series,...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:43 -0500

iheartmyart:

Roger Ballen, Twirling Wires, from the series, Shadow Chamber, 2001

iheartmyart: Roger Ballen, Puppies in Fish Tanks, 2001

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:33 -0500

iheartmyart:

Roger Ballen, Puppies in Fish Tanks, 2001

t-s-k-b:billyjane: Erwin Blumenfeld~Minotaur or The...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:49:33 -0500

t-s-k-b:billyjane:

Erwin Blumenfeld~Minotaur or The Dictator,1937

different version here

Tim Walker

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:53:45 -0500

Tim Walker

tobia: nevver:Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Who Shot Rock &...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:58 -0500

tobia:

nevver:
Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present

Raymond De Berquelle, ‘Where do you come from? Planet...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:19 -0500

Raymond De Berquelle, ‘Where do you come from? Planet Earth (Self-portrait with radio telescope)’. 1968. via.

Illuminated Covers in New York City (Manhattan): Vault lights...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:47 -0500

Illuminated Covers in New York City (Manhattan): Vault lights and illuminated manhole and coalhole covers often lose their lenses with age and end up filled with concrete or bars. via.