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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: Things that Glisten
LIBRARY SHELF: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (1982) FIRST LINE: “The artist is the creator of beautiful things.” ICI SHELF: Fiction ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (05-05-12)
LIBRARY SHELF: Yves Klein
Restany, Pierre Yves Klein: Fire at the Heart of the Void (1992) LAST LINE: “Thus we will ourselves be fire.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monograhs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-11-12)
LIBRARY SHELF: Surrealism and Women
Caws, Mary Ann, Rudolf Kuenzli and Gwen Raaberg, eds. Surrealism and Women (1990) FIRST LINE: “Headless. And also footless. Often armless too: and always unarmed, except with poetry and passion.” ICI SHELF: Women ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (03-11-12)
Flowers at Chimayo
This permanent memorial at Chimayo, New Mexico evokes the language of the temporary roadside shrine. The permanence of the ceramic calla lilies is undermined by a thin sheet of cellophane wrapped around the bouquet. Its haphazard embrace borrows the language … Continue reading
LIBRARY SHELF: Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles
Sloan, Mark Hoaxes, Humbugs and Spectacles (1990) LAST LINE: “This diving act was a mere prelude to the wonders that followed.” ICI SHELF: Body ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (03-06-12)
Mourning Pins
Matchbox-sized case of black-tipped mourning pins made in Germany for the American and English markets sometime during the nineteenth or early twentieth century. These pins were used to attach veils during periods of mourning. They are silent survivors of the … 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)
Florentine Codex
What happens when we apply western constructs to non-western archives? Continue reading
Mnemosyne Atlas
Sebald, Dean and Warburg explore the power of the Archive. Continue reading
