from analog to digital
August 14, 2006 10:42 AM   Subscribe

Sex in prehispanic times. Cuba Chronicles. The arrow of time. Brazilian homosexual culture. The sword and the cross. Very similar. Bestiarium. Mini-descriptions of the many varied exhibits. Essays in English and Spanish by the artists with their images from ZoneZero.
posted by nickyskye (7 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite


 
Interesting. I especially liked Very Similar.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:56 AM on August 14, 2006


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posted by If I Had An Anus at 11:25 AM on August 14, 2006


The images in the Bestiarium link are pretty cool.
posted by rottytooth at 11:26 AM on August 14, 2006


I'd love to see the Arrow of Time page as animated gifs. Long-term time-lapses are always fascinating.

The invention of photography (especially commonly available photography after Kokak) radically altered our relation to time and to aging. It used to be that you had no reference against with to measure the effects aging. Aging was natural, you saw it happen in real time, very slowly and incrementally. Now, as this Argentenian family so effectively illustrates, the ravages of time are painfully laid out for all to scrutinize.
posted by tritisan at 2:51 PM on August 14, 2006


I too liked the Arrow of Time. Though I don't view the aging of the parents in the photos as "the RAVAGES of time." They're just a different point in life and have aged pretty gracefully IMHO. Besides, folks have to have a few miles on their odometer to be interesting. ;)
posted by bim at 5:34 PM on August 14, 2006


Thanks! I always enjoy a verbal perspective on art, from the artist.
posted by owhydididoit at 5:45 PM on August 14, 2006


I greatly enjoyed the cyclical nature of Arrow of Time: like father, like son (eventually).
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:36 PM on August 14, 2006


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