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Click on a theme in RHIZOMES to see how disparate parts of the ICI archive are joined together around a fleeting thought or by a slip of the eye or the shutter. Click on a subject in ICI CONNECTIONS to see how recurring ICI concerns coalesce around recurring themes or click on a place in the ICI ARCHIVES to see the raw material of our collections. TAGs below each post reveal hidden relationships between objects, thoughts, and interpretations. This is the place of laboratory research and play. -MORE-RHIZOMES
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Category Archives: Behind the Curtain Technologies
LIBRARY SHELF: The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy
Auxier, Randall E. and Phillip S. Seng, eds. The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (2008) LAST LINE: “If anyone asks whether I have come out of my cave, you may tell them ‘not yet.’” ICI … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Landscapes of the Passing Strange
Purcell, Rosamond and Michael Witmore Landscapes of the Passing Strange: Reflections from Shakespeare (2011) LAST LINE: “From time to time, I do get lucky.” ICI SHELF: Photography ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (02-28-12)
LIBRARY SHELF: Phantasmagoria
Warner, Marina Phantasmagoria (2006) FIRST LINE: “Nobody in the street knew where the mummified saint was, and I had left my guidebook in the hotel room.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (01-12-12)
LIBRARY SHELF: Cryptozoology
Bessire, Mark and Raechell Smith Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale (2006) LAST LINE: “Here, among the impossible and clawed, we find a new home for our aesthetes and visionaries.” ICI SHELF: Books to Inspire ICI HISTORY: Today at the … Continue reading
Cabinet
Cabinet is a wonderful publication that often acts as our (unauthorized) mascot. We wish we had the money and time to do what they do but we’re glad there is someone else out there who cares about and plays with … Continue reading
Mundaneum
The telegraph room at the Mundaneum circa 1930, Paul Otlet’s ambitious project to create a master bibliography of all the world’s published knowledge. His interest in collecting magazines, journals, photographs, posters and all kinds of ephemera and not just books … Continue reading
Research Team – Manual of Lost Ideas
The ICI Research Team for the Manual of Lost Ideas.
