Bethan Huws, ‘Certain’ (2008)
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Also tagged bethan huws, black, certain, closing, closure, confusion, curtain, fun, installation, romance, security, unknown, wall, white
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‘The river of mud’ (2011) by Jacob Dwyer
An investigation into why, in 2010, the kenyan cyclist, Zakayo Nderi, got off his bike and jumped into the river Garonne just before he was about to win stage 18 of the Tour de France. Dwyer connects his experiences of muddy rivers over the last 30 years to come to a conclusion.
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Also tagged action, british, cyclist, DIY, essay, found, fuckem, garonne, jacob dwyer, kenyan, light, mud, performance, river, romance, spiderman, tour de france, unknown, video, Zakayo Nderi
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‘Origin of the Species’ by Simon Phillipson.
This book compares a copy of Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species published in 1902 against a more recent copy published in 2007. It highlights the evolution and editorial changes made to the book over the 105 years.
‘Ruth on the phone’ (1995-26 January 2004) by Nigel Shafran
For almost nine years, Shafran took photographs of his girlfriend Ruth when she was on the phone. The final date marked the birth of their son, Lev.
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Also tagged action, birth, collection, DIY, documentary, duration, emotions, england, found, girlfriend, lev, Nigel Shafran, performance, photography, romance, ruth, son, unknown
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Ben Skinner, ‘When I said nothing’, from the ‘Circles’ series (2011)
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Also tagged America, ben skinner, circles, collection, DIY, fuckem, fun, humour, ignore, it, joke, meaning, meant, nothing, romance, said, saying, talking, the wild
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‘Free Speech’ (2007) by Kendell Geers.
Andres Laracuente, ‘Blurred tripod’ (2011)
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Also tagged andres laracuente, blurred, DIY, fuckem, fun, joke, light, pedestal, photo, photograph, plinth, tripod, unknown
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From the series ‘Mountains with no names’ (2003) by Marine Hugonnier
These photographs, drawn from a larger series, are portraits Hugonnier took of the mountains that surround the Pandjshêr Valley in the northeast of Afghanistan. These mountains have never been named: they remain blank areas on the map where only the paths are given names by local inhabitants.
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Also tagged afghanistan, area, blank, england, found, fuckem, marine hugonnier, mountains, names, Pandjshêr Valley, photography, portraits, romance, unknown
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Hanne Lippard, ‘There are 36 ways to view Mount Fuji’ (2008)
In The Happy Hypocrite, Issue I – Linguistic Hardcore
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Posted in Composition
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Also tagged abstract, fun, hanne lippard, humour, instructions, language, looking, method, mount fuji, mountain, nature, romance, seeing, sky, the happy hypocrite, the wild, travel, unknown, view, ways
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