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The narrative in the rubble

The narratives that accompany many images often stymie attempts at reflective understanding. Below I list three articles, all of which, either consciously or unknowingly, affirm the notion that...

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A response to Piers Greville’s Sublime Artifice

The following essay was written to accompany a series of paintings by the Melbourne-based artist, Piers Greville, titled “Sublime Artifice”. The exhibition opens this coming Thursday 3 November 2011...

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Let’s not occupy ourselves with simplistic messages

The movement at this stage defies simple characterizations.* The Occupy movement has already had an impact on the state of contemporary debate. They have demonstrated that there need not be an...

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Occupy and the problem of local council regulations

City Square is closed for maintenance (nixpages.blogspot.com) As eluded to in a previous post, the major challenge that has emerged for the global Occupy movement is not shadowy networks of capitalist...

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A response to Luca Lana’s Eclipse 1

Luca Lana "Eclipse 1" The following statement was written to accompany a rather novel – meaning tiny – installation by Luca Lana, titled “Eclipse 1”. The installation is set into the wall in the back...

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A response to Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon

As with Ari Folman’s movie-length cartoon Waltz with Bashir, this film is most commonly viewed as a confession, by a former Israeli soldier, about his part in the 1982 Lebanon War. Indeed it may be...

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