The image bLOGOS/HA HA has seen most often accompanying writing about documenta 13 is of a 1959 black and white photograph [performance en passant by Theatre of the Actors of Regard] made at documenta 2
Mousse 34. An issue about dOCUMENTA (13)
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, curator of the 2012 documenta 13, writes about this ____ in the current issue of Mouse Contemporary Art Magazine:
An Image / Un'immagine:
Notes Towards dOCUMENTA (13)
by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
This is an image that I found while hunting through the
documenta archives. We see a woman on the left looking at a piece of
sculpture, another sculpture on the same metal shelf, and a man on the
right who may or may not be looking at the sculpture. The woman is
barefoot. We do not know who she is, we do not know who he is. The scene
reminds me of the film Far from Heaven, made in 2002. The photo was taken in 1959 by an unknown photographer.
Many events occurred in 1959. World events and the space race intertwined in the media. On January 1, Fulgencio Batista fled Havana, Cuba, when the forces of Fidel Castro advanced. On January 3, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state of America. On January 4, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos entered the city of Havana. On the same day, in Léopoldville, 42 people were killed during food fights between police and participants in a meeting of the Abako party.
On January 8...
Many events occurred in 1959. World events and the space race intertwined in the media. On January 1, Fulgencio Batista fled Havana, Cuba, when the forces of Fidel Castro advanced. On January 3, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state of America. On January 4, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos entered the city of Havana. On the same day, in Léopoldville, 42 people were killed during food fights between police and participants in a meeting of the Abako party.
On January 8...
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
someone looks at something ...
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