In
Anarcho-culture,
one
lives
the
free
game
of
all
codes
which
occur
in
world
of
networks,
thus
breaking
with
all
transcendent
institutions
based
on
authority
and
unicity,
provoking
an
uncontrolled
heterogenization
which
cannot
be
caught
by
any
apparatus.
It
happens
as
a
perpetual
cultural
transformation,
where
"cultural
authority"
can't
exert
any
power
over
its
manifestations;
pure
connectivity
that
escapes
the
concepts,
the
authority,
and
those
who
want
to
impose
a
form.
[...]
read
moreA critical commentary
by Ricardo Barreto
(file.org.br)
The
Mirror
Project
is
a
growing
collection
of
thousands
of
individuals
who
have
photographed
themselves
in
all
manner
of
reflective
surfaces.
The
Mirror
Project
began
life
as
"Friends
of
Jezebel's
Mirror,"
(FOJM),
an
adjunct
site
to
Heather
Champ's
Jezebel's
Mirror
in
October
'99.
Reflective
self-portraiture,
according
to
various
resources
on
the
sites,
is
a
process
that
unmasks
a
subject.
Champ
believes
that
individuals
taking
such
portraits
are
less
likely
to
pose
for
them.
But
will
instead
concentrate
on
the
production
of
the
image,
revealing
an
inner
state
as
they
are
caught
in
the
act
of
being
themselves.However, The Mirror Project is not merely another group of random pictorial submissions, tied loosely together by some mutuality. Rather it functions as an active enclave, continually re-contextualizing its information and re-formulating the presentation of the images in its dynamic database. The set of images can be seen randomly, organized into selective ÒexhibitionÓ groupings by guest curators, or broken into thematic groups suggested by the pool of submitting artists. In doing so, each individual image becomes larger than itself, weightier, as it is placed in juxtaposition to similar, but distinctly unique portraits. Strangely, the uniform quality of the compositions only serves to highlight the nuances of personal choice in each shot. The subjects, understood as complicit participants, remain individual and placed within communities.
::Lora McPhail::
ResCen
(Centre
for
Research
into
Creation
in
the
Performing
Arts,
Middlesex
University)
will
be
hosting
a
seminar
on
the
theme
of
"Transformation
and
the
Artist"
on
Wednesday,
the
5th
of
November,
in
the
Balcony
Room,
Shakespeare's
Globe,
21
New
Globe
Walk,
Bankside,
London
SE1
9DT,
England,
"For over two years, the ResCen artists have been meeting in closed sessions to discuss the processes that form and inform their work. This seminar is the second in a series that focuses on themes drawn from their past discussions.
Transformation has been a recurrent theme and represents an aspect that can be seen in the artistic process, in the past and present works of the artists and in the individuals themselves.
Together the ResCen artists represent decades of knowledge, skills, craft, and experience; and Transformation plays a key role in the making of their work. In this seminar, the artist-researchers will be joined by Adrian Rifkin. Adrian and those attending will debate the issues arising from considerations of Transformation."
Entrance is free but it's advisable to book a place in advance. Contact ResCen to reserve a place.
:: Garrett Lynch ::