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Lorena Marrón
Photography and Violence 3: Carlos Aguirre and the Mexican Landscape
It was not only its escalation and its geographical expansion that set apart the violence experienced throughout the so-called “war against drug trafficking” in Mexico. It was also the brutality of the executions; its expressive level of cruelty, which is impossible to forget. The violence exercised by the narco-gangs or the narco-machine as Rossanna Reguillo
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Lorena Marrón
Photography and Violence 2: Sontag vs. Butler
What does it mean to protest suffering, as distinct from acknowledging it? Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others. In last week’s entry, I inaugurated my participation in this blog with a quote by Jay Prosser, from his book Picturing Atrocity (2012):“Atrocity is going on all around us —he said— the least we can
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Lorena Marrón
Photography and Violence 1: How do you register all of these thoughts in that image?
Atrocity is going on all around us. The least we can do is acknowledge it. Jay Prosser, Picturing Atrocity When I moved to New York in 2011 I left my hometown, Acapulco, in flames. That year, according to the Citizen Council for Security, Justice and Peace, Acapulco became the second most violent city in
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Nandita Raman
Thread 5:Vidisha Saini
Vidisha Saini is an artist who grew up in the 90s in India. She likes to queer utopia, colonialism, gender, and history. Saini works with alter-egos (Fadescha), satire, tourism, memory, hyper-text and other performative mediums. She social as well as anti-social. Vidisha's recent works include “You Might Be Discorvered”, LAST Projects (LA), 'Building On Ruins',
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Nandita Raman
Thread 4: Kay Walkowiak
Kay Walkowiak lives and works in Vienna. He studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Vienna, photography and video art at the Academy of fine Arts, Vienna and art & communication and sculture & multimedia art at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. He has received several grants and awards such as Artist in
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Nandita Raman
Thread 3: Rony Maltz
Rony Maltz is a photographer, writer, bookmaker based in Rio de Janerio. He received a Master's degree in Fine Art Photography from ICP-Bard program in New York City. Rony recently completed a long term video project on the sinking city of Atafona in Brazil. Upload Music - Listen Audio Files - Rony Maltz
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Nandita Raman
Thread 2: David Gagnebin-de Bons
David Gagnebin-de Bons is an artist working with images. He lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland and is a graduate of the School of the Applied Arts, Vevey. Free Music - Listen Audio Files - davidgagnebin_Nandita Untitled, 2013 Untitled, 2013 Untitled, 2012 Untitled, 2012 Untitled, 2012 My Father In Front
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Nandita Raman
Running Conversations With Threads
Threads can be long and winding, in fact it can be an effort to keep them straight. They tie things together and they also get into perplexing entanglements. Conversations are threads sometimes, where surprising connections are possible. Instead of writing about art, I feel the more urgent question is how to live an examined life
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Raquel Du Toit
“Natural Selection” … survival of the digital photograph
SVA and Calumet challanging the notions of body, cityscapes and the ever changing human condition. This show is a group show of sixteen emerging artist from SVA MPS Digital alumni group of 2013. Currently on view at Calumet Gallery, Located on the second floor 22 West 22 Street, showing through February 20 – 28. Each