Intersectionality

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Liu Bolin, Plasticizer, 2011

[Image Description: A photo of the artist Liu Bolin, a Chinese man in his late thirties, he has short black hair and a little bit of five o’clock shadow and is looking straight forward, past the camera. He is standing in the middle of the shot, in front of what seems to be a supermarket shelf full of different kinds of soft drink in various shapes sizes and colours. He is wearing a loose fitting shirt and trousers which reach from just under his chin to past the bottom of the photo. The whole ensemble is painted to look like the drinks and shelves he is standing in front of. End image description.]

I really really love his work, he’s definitely worth checking out.

Here is an interview with him here.

“[I]t’s cyclical too. One day the government causes a disaster the next day they print a story about how much they are doing to help the people.” 

I love the way this is drawn.

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my girlfriend and i want to win cutest gay couple for tumblr gay pride day

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Rhythm 0, 1974

To test the limits of the relationship between performer and audience, Abramović developed one of her most challenging (and best-known) performances. She assigned a passive role to herself, with the public being the force which would act on her.

Abramović had placed upon a table 72 objects that people were allowed to use (a sign informed them) in any way that they chose. Some of these were objects that could give pleasure, while others could be wielded to inflict pain, or to harm her. Among them were a rose, a feather, honey, a whip, scissors, a scalpel, a gun and a single bullet. For six hours the artist allowed the audience members to manipulate her body and actions.

Initially, members of the audience reacted with caution and modesty, but as time passed (and the artist remained impassive) people began to act more aggressively. As Abramović described it later:

“What I learned was that… if you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.” … “I felt really violated: they cut up my clothes, stuck rose thorns in my stomach, one person aimed the gun at my head, and another took it away. It created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I stood up and started walking toward the audience. Everyone ran away, to escape an actual confrontation.”

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