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#10 Nomadic knowledge
“Fare forth” is the overwhelming imperative of our times.
Each according to her/his life style - on a white sofa fitted with wheels, in a shabby dinghy, or playfully in a portable pool like those invented by Andrea Zittel for personalised caravans in the nineties. We’re nomads, be it for pleasure or out of necessity. It’s a paradox, but ...
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Apr 22, 2010 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: africa, andrea zittel, angela vettese, appendage, art, atelier van lieshout, bodies, caravans, china, communication, fare forth, hi tech, hitlon, holluwood, india | Leave A Comment »
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#27 The Culture of Listening
Silence creates room for the mind, and the mind can create visions. Yoko Ono described how the hypnotic effect of a flame would help to do this: “You could tell someone to look into the fire for 10 days just to create a vision in someone’s mind” she write in her first, epic work, a book of instructions for performances entitled Grapefruit (a ...
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Dec 13, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: the other rooms, yoko ono, 1952, 1964, 2003, artist, biennale, birds, bodies, east, emotion, emptiness, feel, forever, grapefruit | Leave A Comment »
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#24 Self Portrait
In front of a cup of coffee.
In the digital era self portraiture enables anyone to produce a work of art instinctively, without knowing anything about photography. I have been using this technique for several years, with children, adolescents and adults from all walks of life, helping them to make self portraits using my own camera, or letting t...
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Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: bob dylan, bodies, camera, cosmos, creator, cristina nunez, dialogue, discover, experience, faces, identity, image, introspection, lens, meaning | Leave A Comment »
The meaning of colour evolves in parallel with culture.