Category Archives: The body as a site of CULTURAL REPRESENTATION

Teresa Margolles

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Catrìona

I think that to date this was one of the best lectures I have attended. The work is thoughtful, layered and highlights shocking issues rather than being shocking in itself. While I listened to her talk I was struck by … Continue reading →

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Mirror writing

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Catrìona

I can do this, I think almost everyone can do this its not any kind of odd rare inherited thing like has been reported on the internet. It happens naturally when you write with both hands. Maybe some people can … Continue reading →

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Boustrophedon

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Catrìona

Boustrophedon Ancient Greek boustrophedon inscription,Gortyn code, Crete, 5th c. B.C The Forum inscription (one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions) is written boustrophedon, albeit irregularly: reading from top to bottom, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16 run from … Continue reading →

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Identifications

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Catrìona

Do we know what lies between right and left? This question might arise when an everyday mistake reminds us of the strange feeling, for example, of placing a left hand into a right-handed glove. We live in a space where … Continue reading →

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Interface

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Catrìona

Peter Campus’s video installation Interface (1972) is an example of how new media opened up new artistic challenges and possibilities in dealing with the right/left distinction. A transparent glass plate stands in a darkened room. A video camera films the plate from … Continue reading →

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Yvonne Rainer – Hand Movie

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Catrìona

“In 1966 Yvonne Rainer made her first film, ‘Hand Movie’, while her body was confined to a hospital bed and unable to dance. She used only her right hand, each finger itself a performer moving gracefully, a video which shows hand … Continue reading →

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Rock Balancing

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Catrìona

“Rock balancing can be a performance art, a spectacle, or a devotion, depending upon the interpretation by its audience. Essentially, it involves placing some combination of rock or stone in arrangements which require patience and sensitivity to generate, and which appear to be … Continue reading →

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To recall or not that is the question…

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Catrìona

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2012/02/all-seeing-time-lapse-reveals “Microsoft Sense Cam – a wearable camera that automatically snaps a picture about every 30 seconds. The device, first developed as a “black box” recorder to provide photographic evidence after accidents, is now being used to help people with … Continue reading →

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BED

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Catrìona

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=21315&tabview=text In the early 1970s, before he went to art school, Gormley made a series of Sleeping Place sculptures which no longer exist. To make these, he draped cloth, soaked inplaster, over bodies lying huddled on the ground. This created free-standing white tents … Continue reading →

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The body culture and society – reading stuff and rambling a wee bit

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Catrìona

The body, culture and society AN INTRODUCTION (Copyright © Philip Hancock; Bill Hughes; Elizabeth Jagger; Kevin Paterson; Rachel Russell; Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton; Melissa Tyler, 2000.) “The body had become a key site of political, social, cultural and economic intervention in relation, … Continue reading →

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