Cultural Centre, Kolašin, Montenegro, 1976; architect Marko Mušič (© Wolfgang Thaler) (via unfinished modernizations / between utopia and pragmatism)
Sami Ben Larbi is a Berlin-based artist whose installation work centers on classic and recent films, which he sees as a site of collective memory and a unifying element across cultures. Re-enacting scenes from movies that shape the language of cinema, he questions the boundary between film,…
Here he has paired images of war-torn buildings and victims of war with the faces of fashion models, all overlaid with blue ink that appears to stream and seep from the figures like tears or blood. The work’s title, Provide Ruins, mimics the names the military and the media bestowed on war operations, such as Desert Shield and Restore Hope. (via MoMA | The Collection | Thomas Hirschhorn. Provide Ruins III. 2003)
Matias Faldbakken, Untitled (Young is better than old) (2008), installation view of ‘MONODROME’, the 3rd Athens Biennial (via Postcard from Athens | Blog | Frieze Publishing)
Tacita Dean (by tate)
