Sunday, September 27, 2009
visual culture superstar: song dong.
song dong's recent installation at moma, "waste not" included a meticulous arrangement of every single object in his mother's home, collected over 50 years of obsessive hoarding. the evidence of a life so carefully preserved and carefully composed gives a visual representation to the material culture we live in and treasure. while song dong also artfully addresses additional themes of displacement and survival, the sheer volume of material is impossible to ignore as an indicator of our visual culture.
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Fantasticabulously wonderificamicable. this is amazing work - I love the overwhelmingness of it. So like the way we are confronted by our visual and material environments these days...
ReplyDeletethat's exactly what i responded to - the unbelievable amount of STUFF that one can acquire, collect, catalog, organize, arrange, OWN - its a little horrifying, actually, but in a hyper-interesting way.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a splendid idea for a blog. As a culture junkie I often appreciate the more elusive elements that create the social structure, and I find that Mark Dion does the same, you should certainly check check him out. He is a fantastic cataloger of human refuse (not always human, but sometimes). Particularly look at his project along the banks of the Thames in London (or Londontown if you prefer). Hope it gives you some more ammunition for your arsenal.