Enjoyed flavours and textures
+ food + social. That
the boozehound unites
you follow. That
my frizee slays
your appliances. That
my avocado is ever more gentle
than your oh so.
me so. woe so you so. touch.
Pirate copies seep out of such archives through disorganized privatization.
Hito Steyerl, In Defense of the Poor Image
Read @ E-flux
Hito Steyerl, In Defense of the Poor Image
Read @ E-flux
Beautiful things
9ct Gold & Silver Jade Diamond Dropper Earrings Early 20th century
Victorian French 18ct Gold Diamond Turquoise Pearl Fringe Brooch. late 19th century
Carlo Giuliano Victorian 18ct Gold Diamond Enamel Pearl Bangle Bracelet late 19th century
Vintage Sterling Silver Gilt Sapphire Ship lavalierre Pendant Circa 1920
Vintage 18ct Gold Scarab Brooch Late 19th century
Vintage Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Figural Owl Baby Rattle
Antique Hallmarked Silver Baby Rattle with Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme Theme and Mother of Pearl Handle 1906
19th Century Silver Austro Hungarian enamel Eagle Necklace set with Sapphires Ruby & Mabe Pearls
Victorian French 18ct Gold Diamond Turquoise Pearl Fringe Brooch. late 19th century
Carlo Giuliano Victorian 18ct Gold Diamond Enamel Pearl Bangle Bracelet late 19th century
Vintage Sterling Silver Gilt Sapphire Ship lavalierre Pendant Circa 1920
Vintage 18ct Gold Scarab Brooch Late 19th century
Vintage Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Figural Owl Baby Rattle
Antique Hallmarked Silver Baby Rattle with Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme Theme and Mother of Pearl Handle 1906
19th Century Silver Austro Hungarian enamel Eagle Necklace set with Sapphires Ruby & Mabe Pearls
Victorian Tussie Mussie Holder
From Wikipedia:
The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, was a Victorian-era means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, allowing individuals to express feelings which otherwise could not be spoken. This language was most commonly communicated through Tussie-Mussies, an art which has a following today.
The nuances of the language are now mostly forgotten, but red roses still imply passionate, romantic love and pink roses a lesser affection; white roses suggest virtue and chastity and yellow roses still stand for friendship or devotion. Also commonly known meanings are sunflowers, which can indicate either haughtiness or respect – they were the favorite flower of St. Julie Billiart for this reason. Gerbera (daisy) means innocence or purity. The iris, being named for the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, still represents the sending of a message. A pansy signifies thought, a daffodil regard, and a strand of ivy fidelity.
Asparagus: Fascination
Carnation:
green- secret followers of Oscar Wilde
striped- No, refusal, "Sorry I can't be with you"
solid color
mauve- Dreams of fantasy
Hollyhock: Ambition
Honeysuckle: Devoted affection, bonds of love
Lime Blossom: Fornication
Moonflower: Dreaming of Love
Oak Leaf: Strength
Poppy:
red- Pleasure
white- Consolation, dreams, modern, peace
Thistle: Nobility
Hanakotoba: The Japanese Language of Flowers
Paul Chan quotes
"Art uses things to make its presence felt. But art is not itself a thing."
"Survival had nothing to do with measuring the rise and fall of economic
indicators, but the cunning of living in-between these inhuman quantifications,
and finding novel ways to be unmoved and unmoored by their movements, in any
direction. Progress was not chasing profit, but standing firm where you happened
to have found yourself, against the forces that bull or bear either way."
"The predatory nature of the social forces that work on us from above, and the
individual’s instinct that survival through self-interest is the only course available to
meet the demands of the day, are two aspects of the same thing that I have been trying
to describe in both concrete and abstract ways."
"But a work is more than an attraction. Art´s power has as much to do with how it keeps the world at arm´s length. By repelling the advances of those who want nothing more than to make art embraceable, relational, and understandable, art gains a semblance of autonomy, and acquires the power to evoke in the person experiencing the work – however fleetingly – those moments in one´s life when actual freedom was tasted and felt. And by insisting upon the unresolved conflicts of reality return as immanent considerations of form, art severs the chain of thinking that binds its import to an aesthetic tradition that pictures the image of wholeness and cohesiveness as the expression of holiness and reconciliation. When art refracts its inner elements into an order of irreconcilabilities, art´s essential polarity changes from something that strives to attract, to one that can´t help but repulse. This aura of repulsion enables art to levitate above its own grounding."
http://www.nationalphilistine.com/
"Survival had nothing to do with measuring the rise and fall of economic
indicators, but the cunning of living in-between these inhuman quantifications,
and finding novel ways to be unmoved and unmoored by their movements, in any
direction. Progress was not chasing profit, but standing firm where you happened
to have found yourself, against the forces that bull or bear either way."
"The predatory nature of the social forces that work on us from above, and the
individual’s instinct that survival through self-interest is the only course available to
meet the demands of the day, are two aspects of the same thing that I have been trying
to describe in both concrete and abstract ways."
"But a work is more than an attraction. Art´s power has as much to do with how it keeps the world at arm´s length. By repelling the advances of those who want nothing more than to make art embraceable, relational, and understandable, art gains a semblance of autonomy, and acquires the power to evoke in the person experiencing the work – however fleetingly – those moments in one´s life when actual freedom was tasted and felt. And by insisting upon the unresolved conflicts of reality return as immanent considerations of form, art severs the chain of thinking that binds its import to an aesthetic tradition that pictures the image of wholeness and cohesiveness as the expression of holiness and reconciliation. When art refracts its inner elements into an order of irreconcilabilities, art´s essential polarity changes from something that strives to attract, to one that can´t help but repulse. This aura of repulsion enables art to levitate above its own grounding."
http://www.nationalphilistine.com/
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