Category Archives: Who Decides

LIBRARY SHELF: RE/Search #13

Posted on 30 April, 2012 by institute

Juno, Andrea and V. Vale, eds. RE/Search #13: Angry Women (1991) FIRST LINE: “Angry Women is not about women, but about the future survival of our planet.” ICI SHELF: RE/Search ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-30-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Frida Kahlo

Posted on 26 April, 2012 by institute

Lowe, Sarah M. Frida Kahlo (1991) FIRST LINE: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monographs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-26-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: On Ugliness

Posted on 23 March, 2012 by institute

Eco, Umberto, ed. On Ugliness (2007) LAST LINE: “…the good that she drew from them…was a general good, of which nothing was wasted.” ICI SHELF: Visuality ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (03-23-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Politics of Vision

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by institute

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 →

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This Could Be a Place of Historical Significance

Posted on 7 March, 2012 by institute

In 1980, Braco Dimitrijević built an engraved slab into the pavement outside the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. This photo was taken in January of 1992. Dimitrijević’s critique of history relies not only on language, the usual fodder of sign systems, … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: Spectral Evidence – The Photography of Trauma

Posted on 21 December, 2011 by institute

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 →

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Plague

Posted on 21 November, 2011 by institute

Camus, Albert The Plague (1948) LAST LINE: “…for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI HISTORY: Today at the … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: Close to the Knives

Posted on 18 November, 2011 by institute

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)  

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LIBRARY SHELF: Tangled Memories

Posted on 16 November, 2011 by institute

Sturken, Marita Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering (1997) LAST LINE: “They stand at the juncture of memory and history, tugging by their very presence the boundaries of each.” ICI SHELF: AIDS ICI … Continue reading →

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Original AIDS Ribbon

Posted on 15 November, 2011 by institute

The original red ribbon created in 1991 to recognize people living with HIV and AIDS along with their caretakers.  It was created by the Visual AIDS Artists Caucus in a collaborative gesture although sometimes Frank Moore, a painter who subsequently … Continue reading →

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