The Like everyday (Domestic life) series by Shadi Ghadirian…
“I am a woman and I live in Iran. I am a photographer and this is the only thing I know how to do…
…This time the woman is convicted of a daily repetitive routine and for this reason I named the series “Like Every Day”. Now I know what I wish to say with my photographs. Until know I have had many photographs which show women as second class citizens or depict the censorship of women.
I wish to continue speaking of women because I still have a lot to say. These are my words as a woman and the words of all the other women who live in Iran where being a woman has its own unique system .” (full statement here)
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by marica zottino
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Genetically modified, transgenic animals turned into trophies and installations. Weird, disturbing, somehow funny. Nothing could explain Joshua Levine’s art better than his statement…
“Darwin,
Evolution, revolution.
Survival of the fittest.
Natural Selection vs. Genetic Manipulation
Biotech, cloning, Dolly.
Creating our pets.
New species, unique breeds.
Intensified features and traits.
Better living through science.
Bio-pharms.
Corporate branding.
The Human Genome Project.
Breeding tomorrow’s medicine.
Cracking the code, patenting the drugs.
Basic building blocks of life,
a child’s Tinker-Toys:
A, G, T, C.
Genetic flaws, disease,
Bio diversity eliminated.
DNA.
Your identity. Who owns it?
What are you? Who are you?
Who is watching you?
Blending of biology and technology.
Patenting genetic organisms.
Nanotechnology, self-replicating machines.
Artificial intelligence, limbs and organs.
Smart animals, smart skin,
Synthetic Biology.
Killing for Conservation,
Exhibitions for the future.
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by marica zottino
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