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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: Photography’s History of Us
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: 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: Ways of Seeing
Berger, John Ways of Seeing (1972) FIRST LINE: “Seeing comes before words.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (9-17-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: La Jetée: ciné-roman
Marker, Chris La Jetée: ciné-roman (1992) FIRST LINE: “This is the story of a man, marked by an image from his childhood.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (9-11-11)
LIBRARY SHELF: Barthes’ Mourning
Barthes, Roland; Howard, Richard, trans. Mourning Diary: October 26, 19977—September 15, 1979; (2010) FIRST LINE: “First wedding night. But first mourning night”? ICI SHELF: Current Book Project ICI HISTORY: Barthes’ Tear (2010-2012); Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (7-15-11) NOTES: Barthes … Continue reading
Sebald’s photo archive
These pages, that represent the 385 images from W. G. Sebald’s four published prose fictions, jump-started our 5-year long study of the late author’s work. By attempting to bring the pictures back to their pre-publication state where they existed only … Continue reading
Museum Without Walls
André Malraux is perhaps best known for his idea of the “Museum Without Walls”, a museum in the mind, comprising the art of past centuries and civilizations. Malraux visualized art without the traditional confines (and constructs) of the museum grouping, … Continue reading
