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Author: Arsenal Contemporary Art Publisher: Arsenal Contemporary Art ISBN: 0995045321 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 14
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Rad Hourani’s “Neutrality” exhibition depicts the realities of an egalitarian society as a journey from childhood to adulthood through his unrestricted works of art that welcome visitors into an environment that evokes a sense of openness and possibility. Rad observes the tangible constraints imposed by categorizations, which influence the trajectory of his neutralization theory. His critique of the discriminatory basis of nationalism, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and authoritarianism places his conceptions within a framework based on neutrality as a tool for uniting all. Humanity, as seen by Rad, is an interconnected ecosystem of cultures’ creativity expressed through music, food, dance, and art. His inquiry has led him to conclude that if we continue to marginalize with labeled codes, we will further privilege those who govern us and divide to concur. The artist’s basis maintains that all individuals are multi-faceted and unique. His perspective validates humans as equal participants in the collective sphere, where all living species are in sync. Rad’s manifestations pose existential and operational questions. His vision challenges institutional formalism and aesthetics, paving the way for portraying a neutral archetypal psyche. His ongoing conceptualization concedes the power of visual consumption to initiate conversations and share knowledge that celebrates a non-conformist sense of belonging. Through this multidisciplinary exhibition of contemporary art, Rad Hourani renders proposals for aspects of living a peaceful life via the media of painting, sculpture, photography, sound, and video at Arsenal Contemporary Art. The individual artworks are presented in six installation segments (“welcome,” “the child room,” “society,” “alert,” “human,” and “the adult room”), which together form a monumental work of art that illuminates the underlying principles of our socioeconomic systems.
Author: Arsenal Contemporary Art Publisher: Arsenal Contemporary Art ISBN: 0995045321 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 14
Book Description
Rad Hourani’s “Neutrality” exhibition depicts the realities of an egalitarian society as a journey from childhood to adulthood through his unrestricted works of art that welcome visitors into an environment that evokes a sense of openness and possibility. Rad observes the tangible constraints imposed by categorizations, which influence the trajectory of his neutralization theory. His critique of the discriminatory basis of nationalism, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and authoritarianism places his conceptions within a framework based on neutrality as a tool for uniting all. Humanity, as seen by Rad, is an interconnected ecosystem of cultures’ creativity expressed through music, food, dance, and art. His inquiry has led him to conclude that if we continue to marginalize with labeled codes, we will further privilege those who govern us and divide to concur. The artist’s basis maintains that all individuals are multi-faceted and unique. His perspective validates humans as equal participants in the collective sphere, where all living species are in sync. Rad’s manifestations pose existential and operational questions. His vision challenges institutional formalism and aesthetics, paving the way for portraying a neutral archetypal psyche. His ongoing conceptualization concedes the power of visual consumption to initiate conversations and share knowledge that celebrates a non-conformist sense of belonging. Through this multidisciplinary exhibition of contemporary art, Rad Hourani renders proposals for aspects of living a peaceful life via the media of painting, sculpture, photography, sound, and video at Arsenal Contemporary Art. The individual artworks are presented in six installation segments (“welcome,” “the child room,” “society,” “alert,” “human,” and “the adult room”), which together form a monumental work of art that illuminates the underlying principles of our socioeconomic systems.
Author: Phoebe Greenberg Publisher: ISBN: 0995045313 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 11
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The world of Rad Hourani is multidimensional. He is not only a visionary in design, but also a deeply sensitive artist, using photography, film, and graphic elements to express his unique voice. As one of the most visible figures in the international design world, Rad remains deeply committed to his methodology. He has outwardly questioned perceptions of how one should live in a garment and developed a deep conviction in his signature style. Boundaries between male and female, young and old, race, and religion all collapse under his gaze. Through his search for neutrality in the human condition, he allows our spiritual selves to emerge. In his own vision, he is sketching a new, freer way to live. The uniformity of his collection creates a distinctive language that eludes fashion conventions. He applies principles of architecture in designing his patterns and works from the visceral premise of how the clothing will move and be worn. Rad is dedicated to making people feel comfortable, powerful, and beyond time. It is fitting that Rad simply numbers his gender-neutral collections, freeing them from trends and seasons to ensure that they are timeless. His attention to detail and form and the quality of his materials embrace our bodies. We feel protected and valued as one of a multitude, equal yet responsible for being true to ourselves. The notion of transformation emerges from the desire to allow people to redefine their experience while wearing the same garment. As a photographer, sculptor and designer, Rad’s examination of the human body is keenly observant, fearlessly revealing our neutrality as a defining trait. Portraits are stark, movement is examined, and landscapes are undistinguishable. Unity is a clear source of inspiration. The Phi Centre is pleased to present the Rad Hourani Seamless exhibition, a five-year of unisex retrospective that reveals the social content of the Rad Hourani multidisciplinary vision through photography, design, and video. A unique event to underline the work of this important creator. Phoebe Greenberg Director and Founder of Phi
Author: Ana Cristina Broega Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0429766319 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 708
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The collaboration between the Textile Department of the University of Minho and the Brazilian Association of Studies and Research (ABEPEM) has led to an international platform for the exchange of research in the field of Fashion and Design: CIMODE. This platform is designed as a biennial congress that takes place in different European and Latin American countries with the co-organization of another university in each location. The current edition was jointly organized by the University of Minho and the Centro Superior de Diseño de Moda (CSDMM) - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. CIMODE's mission is to explore fashion and design from a social, cultural, psychological and communication perspective, and to bring together different approaches and perceptions of practice, education and the culture of design and fashion. Through an interdisciplinary dialogue and intercultural perspective, CIMODE wants to generate and present new scenarios about the present and future of fashion and design. ‘DISEÑO AL REVÉS’ (‘BACKWARD DESIGN’) was the central theme of the 4th CIMODE (Madrid, Spain, 21-23 May 2018), which produced a highly topical and relevant number of academic publications presented in this book.
Author: Adam Geczy Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1474265553 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 233
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There is a new form of design practice within the contemporary fashion industry which is active in complex forms of social commentary and critique. While fashion in the modernist era has shown signs of criticism and subversion, these were either in the form of subcultures or perversions, such as punk or BDSM styling. Today, however, these genres have been absorbed into the fashion industry itself, meaning that “critical fashion” is now far from limited to the subcultures from which it came. This book explores this new space for criticism within the popular fashion sphere to demonstrate how designers are disrupting conventions, challenging beliefs and stirring change from within the system itself. Critical Fashion Practice considers a range of contemporary designers across the globe, from the US to Japan, whose conceptual designs embody this critical language, including case studies such as Rei Kawakubo's deconstructive silhouettes for Comme des Garçons and Walter Van Beirendonck's sadomasochistic menswear collections, amongst other key players such as Miuccia Prada, Vivienne Westwood and Viktor & Rolf. Arguing that the rise of critical fashion coincides with a noticeable decline in the criticality of art, Geczy and Karaminas go beyond slotting fashion into previously established art theories. Conceiving a new cultural role for fashion that affords insight into identity, class, race, sexuality and gender, this book shows how fashion can not only reflect and comment on, but can also be a part of social change.
Author: Timothy Mitchell Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520911660 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 237
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Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt.
Author: Wim Crouwel Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC ISBN: 1580934129 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 177
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A PRINT magazine and Design Observer Best Book of the Year The first English translation of a famous 1972 debate between Dutch graphic designers Wim Crouwel and Jan van Toorn, a public clash of subjectivity versus objectivity at Amsterdam’s Museum Fodor that helped set the stage for bold philosophical showdowns to come in design culture. Held in response to an exhibition of Van Toorn’s work at Stedelijk Museum, including student posters protesting the Vietnam War—in an era of youth culture and increasing resistance to authority, capitalism, and the power of media—the stakes were aesthetic, ethical, and politically charged. Crouwel defended his approach of neutrality and austere rationalism, attention to typography and worksmanship, and professionalism in service of the client’s message. Van Toorn argued for his use of chaos, collage, and photographs of everyday life; that a designer’s ideas, personality, and political commitments are integral to the work. Dialogue on The Debate has reverberated in graphic design circles for the four decades since, and it is often referenced in modern design criticism as a key marker for the philosophical positions that continue to define the profession. The first English transcript of this key event in design history will allow a contemporary audience to discover the ongoing relevance of The Debate in an increasingly complex visual culture. Along with the transcript, this pocket-sized clothbound book contains a foreword by prominent design critic Rick Poynor, and essays from Dutch design historian Frederike Huygen, who discusses the historical context of the debate, and curator Dingenus van de Vrie, who looks more closely at these two giants’ different perspectives on graphic design. A color gallery juxtaposes a representative selection from the oeuvres of Crouwel and Van Toorn, including exhibition designs, calendars, posters, brochures, artist book designs, postal stamps, and fascinating works such as the script of a 1969 stage production based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges, sealed in a tin can, and a many-gatefolded catalog for Ed Ruscha’s “Dutch Details” at Groninger Museum.
Author: Norman Naimark Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107133549 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 700
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The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts analyze archival sources from formerly Communist states to re-examine the limits to Moscow's control of its satellites; the de-Stalinization of 1956; Communist reform movements; the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance; the growth of Communism in Asia, Africa and Latin America; and the effects of the Sino-Soviet split on world Communism. Chapters explore the cultures of Communism in the United States, Western Europe and China, and the conflicts engendered by nationalism and the continued need for support from Moscow. With the danger of a new Cold War developing between former and current Communist states and the West, this account of the roots, development and dissolution of the socialist bloc is essential reading.
Author: Michael D. Gordin Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022600032X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 424
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English is the language of science today. No matter which languages you know, if you want your work seen, studied, and cited, you need to publish in English. But that hasn’t always been the case. Though there was a time when Latin dominated the field, for centuries science has been a polyglot enterprise, conducted in a number of languages whose importance waxed and waned over time—until the rise of English in the twentieth century. So how did we get from there to here? How did French, German, Latin, Russian, and even Esperanto give way to English? And what can we reconstruct of the experience of doing science in the polyglot past? With Scientific Babel, Michael D. Gordin resurrects that lost world, in part through an ingenious mechanism: the pages of his highly readable narrative account teem with footnotes—not offering background information, but presenting quoted material in its original language. The result is stunning: as we read about the rise and fall of languages, driven by politics, war, economics, and institutions, we actually see it happen in the ever-changing web of multilingual examples. The history of science, and of English as its dominant language, comes to life, and brings with it a new understanding not only of the frictions generated by a scientific community that spoke in many often mutually unintelligible voices, but also of the possibilities of the polyglot, and the losses that the dominance of English entails. Few historians of science write as well as Gordin, and Scientific Babel reveals his incredible command of the literature, language, and intellectual essence of science past and present. No reader who takes this linguistic journey with him will be disappointed.
Author: Edward W. Said Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307829650 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 416
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A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as the Western powers built empires that stretched from Australia to the West Indies, Western artists created masterpieces ranging from Mansfield Park to Heart of Darkness and Aida. Yet most cultural critics continue to see these phenomena as separate. Edward Said looks at these works alongside those of such writers as W. B. Yeats, Chinua Achebe, and Salman Rushdie to show how subject peoples produced their own vigorous cultures of opposition and resistance. Vast in scope and stunning in its erudition, Culture and Imperialism reopens the dialogue between literature and the life of its time.
Author: H. Enayat Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137282029 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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Using a 'Historical Institutionalist' approach, this book sheds light on a relatively understudied dimension of state-building in early twentieth century Iran, namely the quest for judicial reform and the rule of law from the 1906 Constitutional Revolution to the end of Reza Shah's rule in 1941.
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