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Originally published as part of this Mexican artist's exhibition, Kaleidoscopic Eye, in 2009 at the Kunst Halle Sankt Gallery, Germany, it has now been republished in this new 2019 edition. Aside from the accordion format, this publication also includes two booklets inserted into the book that reproduce three texts by Debar, and one by Dario Gamboni. Debar writes that "...the kaleidoscope serves as a metaphorical lens in which a viewer's gaze is returned, fragmented, and augmented in a similar way that cultural artifacts are pieced together as a reflection of a particular historical narrative". And further she states about her 'kaleidoscopic' practice that it mediates "...between science, archeology, and the visual arts and exploring the way in which these disciplines describe the world. Her installations, performances, sculptures, and editorial projects arise from the recombination of different languages that seek to understand the role objects play in our identity and history." Further, she writes "...to initiate a dialogue with institutions and museums beyond contemporary art, she collaborates with ethnographic collections, libraries and historical archives, in order to explore how they might generate new territories. Weaving her way through the fields of anthropology, philosophy, and literature". (Mariana Castillo Deball)
This is an unusual accordion in that it takes as its subject the fields of science and the visual arts and is grounded in a research practice that seeks to present a polyphonic panorama of her subject(s) informed by her work in ethnographic collections, libraries and historical archives.
22 double-sided pages, individually 7" x 4.5", and unfolded 8ft 3"
reverse side with titles of works
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