Friday, June 8, 2007

A blog of interest and unrest


http://asil-themiddleofnowhere.blogspot.com/


I’m trying to relate Lisa Majer’s project on her blog to the rest of her work, and I think I've got it figured out. At first I didn’t get it, I didn’t understand why she replied to a survey about language. I guess the point is that the language you speak can be alienating and isolating as well as connective tissue. Vaguely, I think Lisa explores the dark side of culture, or at least she considers the disconnect in humanity. Looking at her paintings is like spelunking into a foreign bedroom where the bed hasn’t been made for weeks and laundry is way overdue and don’t even think about looking underneath the bed. Domesticity, as a metaphor of all things internal is equivalent to your culture’s native language.

this revue of Leafcutter John's album "The Housebound Spirit" seams relevant.
http://tinymixtapes.com/Leafcutter-John,1474

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