Wednesday 13 July 2011

Find a pattern

When I am not traveling and got only my blackberry camera on hand, here is what gets documented:

I. Faceless - Violated posters on platforms 

 




To the point of abstraction (Knightsbridge)
 Violation of my own - Uniqlo Look-book:


II. Amorphous and Androgynous 


III. Untitled 


IV. Covered and Tied



Dodo, Moscow
Taken Over

East London

by unworkability 
VI. Rotten 


onion and lemon
And hairy

my bag
in most unexpected places - ground


VII. And of interesting shapes


One thing that all of these images have in common is that each one of them is self-transcendent meaning  'going beyond a prior form or state of oneself'. Subjects that have lost its initial function or have a tendency or possibility to be read as something they are not, only these subjects attract me immensely. 
What is this obsession ....


Thursday 7 July 2011

The Other Half Series at Candid Arts



















Candid Arts : Thank you for your application to take part in the Photography exhibition from 15 - 24 July. I am pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted.

I have been lucky enough to be selected for the Photography Exhibition at Candid Arts Trust.


Where: 3 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ
When : PV 14 July from 6:30 - 9pm
What: I will be showing "The Other Half Series'


If you haven't seen 'The Other Half' at the 1st Coup D'etat come next Thursday to the Private View. I look forward to your support and attendance. 

Yours, 



IF

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Lana Siberie at Artsmart!

A huge Thank you to the University of Arts, Artsmart, Etsy, Time Out, Artquest and Rise Art!
We enjoyed the lovely neighbouring stall holders, visitors, great weather and the experience over all!

Here is how it looked at My Fashion Secret Pop up in May










And here we are at the Artsmart


See you soon!

Iulia
info@lanasiberie.com
www.lanasiberie.com
Facebook/Etsy : Lana Siberie





Monday 4 July 2011

Readings

'He would crowd the other man out of Ursula's mind.' Irving Stone

Heard Series

Sex is Good ( casually, discussing pros and cons)

The Coup Newsletter



The 2nd Coup - Presence of Absence has made it into last month's calendar on the 17 July 2011
This time it was a duo of two artist 
Iulia Filipovscaia and Laura Napier

A paradox is - piece by co-curator Marina Doritis:



Presence of Absence | Opening F r iday 1 7 June

A paradox is [instantly] revealed when one links the title of the show,
Presence of Absence to the typically violent associated action, of a
coup d’etat. We assure you, there has been no bloodshed and the
two artists have been politely invited by the patron to enter and exhibit
their work. As it is becoming increasingly difficult for a new generation
of artists to gain exposure, alternative solutions are sought after.
The violence [for argument’s sake] negotiated tonight is towards the
inhabited space. An entity and a protagonist in it’s own right, that
carries a memory as well as a history. The ammunition arrives in the
form of photography, text, installation and site-specific sculpture in an
attempt for Iulia Filipovscaia and Laura Napier to proclaim their
presence.
A conceptual palindrome: a presence of absence as much as there is
absence of presence, an analysis very much investigated by Jacques
Derrida. Implicit to both is memory, which precedes and exceeds the
present moment, triggered at a time of absence. The exhibition urges
the viewer, to search beyond the obvious and mediate the gaps and
absences to their own imaginative advantage. The space has been
filled with signifiers and memories, some talk of death others of feelings,
others of unrealized plans and hidden narratives, in conclusion I wish to
quote: “NOTHING EXISTS OUTSIDE THE TEXT” – J. Derrida, 1988
If only violence could be interpreted as an ethereal and ephemeral
condition, the protagonist lingers within the absence and will return
tomorrow.
Marina Doritis


We also got a few listings and reviews. Have a read here:
By lovely ladies from 'Ballad of' before the coup and after
By Project Manager at Hive| T1+ 2 Gallery Aeon Rose

Laura Napier' Work

 
Above ( 4 images) Vigil, installation, dims. various, electrics, sensor, found light, found text, metal stand, foamboard
Below: Sympathy, H: 12.5 x W: 17.5cm, found correspondence card





Above: Collar, W: 20 H: 23 D: 47cm, found white shirt, cotton, and found stand



Iulia Filipovscaia's Work

Above: Untitled View Iinstallation, dims. various, found photographs, masking tape

Bottom: Ambiguity I and II, W: 31 x H: 22cm, white ink on drawing paper

Images are courtesy of Raj Curry http://www.rajcurry.com/