Dear all,
COLL.EO's theme of the 2017 is FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT.
From Wikipedia:
The fight-or-flight response (also called hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon. His theory states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, preparing the animal for fighting or fleeing.
NOW AVAILABLE!
BORING POSTCARDS FROM ITALY by COLL.EO
Release date: December 8, 2016
Features: Hardcover, 134 pages, illustrations, full color.
Format: 10×8 inches, 25×20 cm
Language: English
ISBN: 9781366753243
Price: $109.99
LIMITED EDITION: 99 copies
DESCRIPTION
English
To create Boring Postcards from Italy, COLL.EO has collected more than one hundred of the most boring images from Forza Horizon 2. The result is a book that, in sharp contrast to the title, fascinates and surprises. Boring Postcards from Italy redefines the relationship between reality and simulation with "postcards" that are "boring" both in content and composition. The project is an appropriation and homage to Martins Parr's seminal Boring Postcards series: a commentary on videogame architecture, tourism and simulation, photography and representation. It is, above all, a provocation. Text in English.
Italian
Per creare Boring Postcards from Italy, COLL.EO ha raccolto oltre un centinaio delle "cartoline" più noiose dell'Italia simulata in Forza Horizon 2. Il risultato è un libro che, in aperto contrasto con il titolo, affascina e sorprende. Questo volume illustrato rappresenta uno strumento essenziale per comprendere la complessa interazione tra gioco e fotografia, documentazione e simulazione, arte e design. Sono qui incluse immagini "noiose" a livello di contenuto, composizione e soggetto dell'Italia immaginata dai programmatori di Turn 10 Studios. Boring Postcards from Italy offre uno sguardo inedito sugli ultra-luoghi videoludici, illuminandone tanto l'architettura quanto la sottesa ideologia (nonché patologia). Frutto di una duplice appropriazione - il videogioco Forza Horizon 2, ma anche la serie Boring Postcards del fotografo britannico Martin Parr che il progetto omaggia a livello formale e contenutistico - il volume porta in primo piano la natura auto-referenziale dell'arte videoludica e, in particolare, della fotoludica, termine che indica le pratiche fotografiche all'interno dei videogiochi. Testo in inglese.
READ AN ESSAY IN ITALIAN, "CARTOLINE DAL BELPAESE" BY MATTEO BITTANTI
The catalog is now available and you can purchase your copy on Amazon
Title: COMMENT BÂTIR UN UNIVERS QUI NE S’EFFONDRE PAS DEUX JOURS PLUS TARD
Exhibition catalog, Centre d’art de la Maison Populaire, Montreuil, France.
Art directors: Marie Koch et Vladimir Demoule
Published: Editions Maison Populaire et Nouvelles Editions Scala, Paris, 2016.
Pages: 160
Price: 19 €
Language: French
ISBN: 978 2-35988-178-3
Artists: Matteo Bittanti, Pierre-Laurent Cassière, Eva Chettle, Alain Damasio, Maxime Damecour, David Delruelle, Alix Desaubliaux, Magali Desbazeille, Côme Di Meglio, Evelina Domnitch, Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves, Harun Farocki, Malachi Farrell, Irene Fenara, Colleen Flaherty, Dmitry Gelfand, Joe Hamilton, Nandita Kumar, Pierre-Jean Lebassacq, Eliott Paquet, Matthias Pasquet, Emilie Pitoiset, Floriane Pochon, Daniel Spoerri, Édouard Sufrin, The LP Compagny, Flavien Théry, Thomas Tronel-Gauthier, Davey Wreden et Miao Xiaochun.
Authors: Préface de Thierry Fournier et textes de Marie Koch et Vladimir Demoule.
Contributors: Annabelle Ameline, Aurèle & Louis Castel, le collectif Miracle (Benjamin Efrati, Alain Damasio, Magali Desbazeille, Marin Esteban, Wassim Halal, Noel Sarlaw et Diego Verastegui), Thierry Fournier, Pierre-Jean Lebassacq, Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Jean-Marie Ozanne, Floriane Pochon, Anne Roquigny, J. Emil Sennewald, The LP Company (Laurent Schlittler & Patrick Claudet), Miyö Van Stenis, Édouard Sufrin et Marion Zilio.
Description: Comment bâtir un univers qui ne s'effondre pas deux jours plus tard, dont le titre est tiré d'un texte de l'auteur de science-fiction Philip K. Dick, est un cycle de trois expositions, développé lors d'une année de résidence de commissariat à la Maison populaire de Montreuil, en 2016. Constitué de trois volets, il interroge notre relation au monde, sa conception, sa perception, et le rôle quon se prête à y jouer. La première exposition, "Simulacres" s'enquiert de notre appréhension du réel et de la réinterprétation que nous faisons de celui-ci, comme une réabstraction du monde. La seconde, "Relativités", investit la perception de l'espace et ses ricochets sur notre perception du temps, physique d'une part, psychologique de l'autre. L'ultime volet, "Entropies" sonde les effets du temps sur le déploiement de l'espace, leurs manifestations et leurs conséquences. Les accompagnant et prolongeant leurs réflexions, trois tables rondes, modérées par l'artiste et commissaire d'exposition Thierry Fournier, ont été organisées durant le cycle, avec les interventions critiques de Marion Zilio, Emil J. Sennewald et Ingrid Luquet-Gad, ainsi qu'une série de performances et de rencontres. Enfin, le cycle a donné lieu à la publication du présent catalogue, préfacé par Thierry Fournier.
This is our new sculpture.
It's called Race Track.
It is the follow-up to POST-RACIAL. Especially this installation:
Click the image below to see more.
A few glosses, for those who believe in everything they read:
This is our new sculpture.
It's called Creative Destruction.
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COLL.EO, YOU'RE IN A WONDERFUL COUNTRY, 2016 Installation shot.
This is our new installation: YOU'RE IN A WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
We drove for miles across the stunning landscapes of Forza Horizon 2, a digitally-sanitized version of Northern Italy.
We looked and looked, but we could not find any trash.
The simulation failed us.
It crashed.
So, we had to do something.
And we did.