drapes to secure the homeland mooted as being “a patented drapery system designed to prevent flying glass from (the inevitable) bomb blast. The product protects lives – while safely capturing deadly flying projectiles. And now with “Defender Fabric” in the curtain itself. Security at a cost.
BEACH SAFE No, not a federal gov’t intiative – its a project by Gregor Schneider . The Goethe Institute refers to it as : “A freestanding site-specific artwork entitled Bondi Beach will be erected at Bondi Beach. It will comprise 21 identical cells constructed of typical Australian fencing and will be open for viewers to utilise and explore. It will offer its guests amenities such as air mattresses and beach umbrellas.”
Schneider’s has worked for the last 5 years with issues of anxieties of the west – and now brought to the heart of narcissistic leisure – Bondi. Bring to mind when Furedi said: “Today’s ‘global war (on terror)’ is in no way similar to an isolated conflict between two nations but rather stays suspended in a permanent possibility of becoming. The threat of ‘terrorism’ and the concomitant manipulation of fear have penetrated every segment of society.”
Links to his site: Schneider
Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers the work of Manu Luksch is a reminder of what Fuledi referred to as allowing our fears to rule us in a wave of over secured states thru policing and technologies/gadgets.
Tate Magazine Issue 7: Sigmar Polke Guess I’m most interested in the ‘wittiness’ of this particular image
The Yes Men : “The Yes Men – Vivoleum” culture jamming event July 2007
Beautifull-Place.mov:this guy Juerg Lehni a Swiss designer / programmer (emerging hybrid practice etc). made Scriptographer, a small program that Juerg created as a Plug-In for Adobe Illustrator. He then rigs up this insane robotic drawing device with a spray can. Reminds me (dare i say) of Howard Arkley’s suburban meditations (Ackley’s on at the NGV Federation Sq soon). Maybe its the lack of gesture in the brushwork.. he he
slight paranoia: FBI Visit #2What is this insanity? Some student writing 2 blogs – the guys definitely a threat to society. Not! Bush America strikes again. No wonder not a peek is made by the US administration over China’s human rights horrors… !