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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleLet’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...
View ArticleOccupy 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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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