October 2024
Seize the Means of Complexity
Mattin's Seize the Means of Complexity is a plea for social media users around the world to unite: “We are in the asshole of history. Broken individuals grappling with mental health, media obsession, the need for attention and legitimacy. Burning souls searching for validation, suffering from impostor syndrome in a post-Netflix wasteland. Something can be built from the ruins of our subjectivity. Something must be built. To grasp the means of complexity, we must unde
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June 2021
Col de l’échelle
Between the Aiguille Rouge and the Rochers de la Sueur, on the Franco-Italian border of the narrow valley, to cross the difficult passage called Le Mauvais Pas, there was a ladder. It had been built there to facilitate access to this point where the Alps force you to walk vertically. Alternate to the new road, the path is still as steep. A staircase now replaces the old ladder and preserves the accessible strait. Today, in
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November 2019
NOTES ON ARCHIVES 1 – OBTUSE, FLITTING BY, AND IN SPITE OF ALL – IMAGE ARCHIVES IN PRACTICE
Notes on Archives is a series of publications by artist Ines Schaber about archives and the practices we conduct in relation to them. Produced over the course of more than ten years, the publications feature a series of case studies, research, concrete projects, and reflections on the questions and problems that image archives pose today. The aim of the work is not to find or create another institutional archive per se, but to develop a p
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November 2019
NOTES ON ARCHIVES 2 – CULTURE IS OUR BUSINESS
Notes on Archives is a series of publications by artist Ines Schaber about archives and the practices we conduct in relation to them. Produced over the course of more than ten years, the publications feature a series of case studies, research, concrete projects, and reflections on the questions and problems that image archives pose today. The aim of the work is not to find or create another institutional archive per se, but to develop a p
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November 2019
NOTES ON ARCHIVES 4 – DEAR JADWA
Notes on Archives is a series of publications by artist Ines Schaber about archives and the practices we conduct in relation to them. Produced over the course of more than ten years, the publications feature a series of case studies, research, concrete projects, and reflections on the questions and problems that image archives pose today. The aim of the work is not to find or create another institutional archive per se, but to develop a p
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