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alecshao: Doris Salcedo - Shibboleth (2008) “Shibboleth is the...

inforn0graphy — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 13:16:15 +0100

alecshao:

Doris Salcedo - Shibboleth (2008)

“Shibboleth is the first work to intervene directly in the fabric of Turbine Hall. Rather than fill this iconic space with a conventional sculpture or installation, Salcedo has created a subterranean chasm that stretches the length of the building.

The concrete walls of the crevice are ruptured by a steel mesh fence, creating a tension between these elements that resist yet depend on one another. By making the floor the principal focus of her project, Salcedo dramatically shifts our perception of the Turbine Hall’s architecture, subtly subverting its claims to monumentality and grandeur.

Shibboleth asks questions about the interaction of sculpture and space, about architecture and the values it enshrines, and about the shaky ideological foundations on which Western notions of modernity are built.

In particular, Salcedo is addressing a long legacy of racism and colonialism that underlies the modern world. A ‘shibboleth’ is a custom, phrase or use of language that acts as a test of belonging to a particular social group or class. By definition, it is used to exclude those deemed unsuitable to join this group.

‘The history of racism’, Salcedo writes, ‘runs parallel to the history of modernity, and is its untold dark side’. For hundreds of years, Western ideas of progress and prosperity have been underpinned by colonial exploitation and the withdrawal of basic rights from others. Our own time, Salcedo is keen to remind us, remains defined by the existence of a huge socially excluded underclass, in Western as well as post-colonial societies.

In breaking open the floor of the museum, Salcedo is exposing a fracture in modernity itself. Her work encourages us to confront uncomfortable truths about our history and about ourselves with absolute candidness, and without self-deception.”

carrier71: I’m fairly certain this picture started with the...

inforn0graphy — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:09:23 +0100

carrier71:

I’m fairly certain this picture started with the phrase, “hold my beer and get your camera ready”

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aliveandreaming: “Poniéndole el pecho a las balas” by cÁmARa...

inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:23:48 +0100

aliveandreaming:

“Poniéndole el pecho a las balas” by cÁmARa AccióN on Flickr.

supruntu: Romualdas Požerskis

inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:44:18 +0100

supruntu:

Romualdas Požerskis

funnywildlife: African Souls!! by Rocco Sette

inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:31:35 +0100

funnywildlife:

African Souls!!

by Rocco Sette

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inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:16:19 +0100

if I knew where this photo was taken… would to live...

inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:14:56 +0100

if I knew where this photo was taken… would to live there…

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inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:00:38 +0100

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inforn0graphy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:59:33 +0100

futurejournalismproject

inforn0graphy — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:36:59 +0100

futurejournalismproject

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inforn0graphy — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:38:21 +0100

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inforn0graphy — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:49:36 +0100

newsflick: Kofi Annan has resigned as the international envoy...

inforn0graphy — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:38:27 +0100

newsflick:

Kofi Annan has resigned as the international envoy on Syria, with effect from the end of the month. At a press conference in Geneva, Annan complained of “finger-pointing and name-calling”. UN seceretary-general Ban Ki-moon says he is looking for someone to replace Annan. Read his full statement here.

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