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Seen this summer in Paris, elles@centrepompidou . "Diary, 1976" Another, very 70's feminist work : Double life, 1975 "Dvostruki zivot (Double life, 1975) is a series of 66 pairs of photographs where snapshots from her personal album are placed side by side with images of women from women's magazines, paired according to the similarity in their appearances, figures, accessories and situations. The emphasis on the parallelism between the mass media and the private photographs blurs the distinction between original and copy, between model and representation, and invites us to think about the nature and origin of the stereotypes of femininity. Is it the mass media that appropriate expressions, poses and attitudes which are typical of female behaviour or is it women who, under the influence of those media constructs, have ended up adopting them? Ivekovic suggests the influence of the mass media in the shaping of feminine stereotypes and turns t...

Example of a "pico projector" : And an example of use in the street : "Video of a mobile projection of an Interior Dancing scene on urban grafics, we used a pico projector and a iphone to diffuse video on the night of the 15 july 2009 in the streets of berlin. We are a french collective experimenting new ways of including mooving images into the city.. " It's a bit like graffities ... Projection grafities ...; Pico Street Projection Interior Dancing scene on urban grafics #10 from pico micro on Vimeo .

The Rebirth project From March to July 2009, local artists, photographers and documentary makers worked in collaboration with hospital staff, patients and families to creatively explore the transformation of the UHNS Maternity Centre. This event is the first showing of the artworks that have resulted from the project and a documentary that explores the transformation. Images of my video projection :

Blow-up is a high resolution interactive display that is designed to fragment a surveillance camera view into 2400 virtual cameras that zoom into the exhibition space in fluid and autonomous motion. Inspired by Antonioni, the piece is intended as a an exercise to underline the construction of presence through a simulated, live compound eye. Year of creation2007 TechniqueHigh resolution interactive display with built-in computerized surveillance system. DimensionsShadow box 104.5 x 80 x 12 cm. SOURCE : http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/english/projects/blowup.htm

How was it like at the Antifreeze art car boot sale ? Here is Anna's "report" : http://annafrancis.blogspot.com/2009/07/airspace-at-antifreeze.html

Getting there, slowly, slowly ... Last Sunday I found some more frames, all sorts... and took some more pictures. I've started to match frames and photos. Here are some images (photos only).