“This piece was primarily a trust exercise, in which she told viewers she would not move for six hours no matter what they did to her. She placed 72 objects one could use in pleasing or destructive ways, ranging from flowers and a feather boa to a knife and a loaded pistol, on a table near her and invited the viewers to use them on her however they wanted.
Initially, Abramović said, viewers were peaceful and timid, but it escalated to violence quickly. “The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated: they cut my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the public. Everyone ran away, escaping an actual confrontation.”
This piece revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to what Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment or Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiment, both of which also proved how readily people will harm one another under unusual circumstances.”
This performance showed just how easy it is to dehumanize a person who doesn’t fight back, and is particularly powerful because it defies what we think we know about ourselves. I’m certain the no one reading this believes the people around him/her capable of doing such things to another human being, but this performance proves otherwise.”
this is why performance art is important
So every single person who told me ‘ignore them they’ll go away’ and ‘you can’t let them know they bothered you’ and ‘They’ll stop if they don’t see you react’ and all that bull shit, my entire school career, I want you to look good and hard at this.
I want you to think about what you said.
What you keep saying.
What you are telling your children.
You are making them powerless.
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Concept art for Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid by Chad Weatherford
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YES????
I NEED THAT LAST ONE AS A POSTER
PRONTO
- [Hit in the face with Pietas reference like BAM]
- Ahhh, Cindi, nooo~ D8
- Dammit, I still don’t know what Anthony Greendown looks like.
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If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
Grandmas, please let me visit you too, because all the foods you are making look amazing and everybody knows that nobody cooks better than grandma does.
SEARING JEALOUSY
I want to eat all of these things. >8|
This painting reminds me of PG-chan since we saw it together at NYMOMA. :D
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人魚姫 1979：高橋真琴
The Little Mermaid:makoto takahashiRIGHT IN THE ART FEELS.
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I traveled for one month around California and I swear I saw the most breathtaking landscapes. It was a great experience to explorer new places, to try the local food and to meet new people. I got lucky enough to grab a few stills and I’m still working on a video.
If I remember correctly, most of these are along 101 / 1.
Fuck, I need to be in foggy forests.
I fell in love with this state all over again.
Funny what we take for granted.
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SO Fel and I (the lovely lass I did this piece for) have begun our little journey and I have finished the first card of many for her customized tarot card deck!
Felixie: The Fool
Holy holy is this going to be a fun ride <3
Many more to come!
If you’d like to commission me, more samples and prices can be found here! <3
Ta~
The person who commissioned this is a close friend of mine (I’d recognize Fel any day, seeing as I’ve drawn her so many times, haha). :D this is lovely work, too. Gotta reblog the other pieces at a real computer. :D
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Aqualad - Dark Tides (Available Prints!)
Undercover and battle-worn!SSSCRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAM
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“The Weeping Statue,” page 7.
Art by cafechan.
Written by Hanna Sedai.
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(Detail) Mrs Daniel Sargent formerly known as Mary Turner by John Singleton Copley,1764.
Lineage of a drum kit.
