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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: Image-text gaps
LIBRARY SHELF: Degeneracy
Ellis, Havelock, ed. Degeneracy: Its Causes, Signs, and Results (1898) LAST LINE: “…the true source of success is to avoid ‘the falsehood of extreme.’” ICI SHELF: Galt ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-05-12)
LIBRARY SHELF: The Politics of Vision
Nochlin, Linda The Politics of Vision: Essays on Nineteenth-Century Art and Society (1989) FIRST LINE: “Art Changes only through strong convictions, convictions strong enough to change society at the same time.” ICI SHELF: Art History ICI HISTORY: Today at the … Continue reading
Changed Priorities
Saussure tells us that no sign makes sense on its own but only in relation to other signs. The value of a sign is determined by the relationship between signs in the system as a whole. He notes the French … Continue reading
Max Sebald’s Signature
As a form of written language, the signature is, in theory, a symbolic sign. Its relationship to the person who creates it is arbitrary and based totally on convention and cultural practice. In reality, though, the signature is a … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Spectral Evidence – The Photography of Trauma
Baer, Ulrich Spectral Evidence- The Photography of Trauma (2002) LAST LINE: “They open up a future that is not known and, because it is unknown, might yet be changed.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Close to the Knives
Wojnarowicz, David Close to the Knives: A memoir of Disintegration (1991) LAST LINE: “Smell the flowers while you can.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-18-11)
AIDS ‘VISA’ Broadside
A beautifully simple but powerful broadside by artist and designer Harvey Weiss that was distributed by Visual AIDS for their 1998 Day Without Art. By co-opting this symbol of corporate might the artist hoped to address the economic/corporate determinism of … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: AIDS Demographics
Crimp, Douglas and Rolston, Adam AIDS Demographics (1990) LAST LINE: “Now we must teach him, and Woody Myers, that they owe us much more.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-14-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: Stitching A Revolution
Jones, Cleves Stitching A Revolution (2000) LAST LINE: “Please don’t make us come back.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (11-10-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Kandinsky, Wassily Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1977) FIRST LINE: “The whole triangle is moving slowly, almost invisibly forwards and upwards.” ICI SHELF: Art Texts ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (10-19-11)
