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We Are not Trayvon Martin Dear Community, While this virtual space is dedicated to my research and writing on new media as well as the Bay Area arts community, I felt compelled to share a tumblr that has been circulating on the Internet. Under the current social and political circumstances (let’s not forget the womyns body being a huge issue at the moment as well), this past weekend has been extremely traumatizing for all people. It doesn’t matter what ethnicity,…
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I had to post something fun and random since I’ve been fixated a bit too much on art theory and philosophy lately. This past week, as I was walking back home from work and listening to Kanye and Jay-Z‘s reflection on art and artist muses on the track, “That’s my Bi*ch” on collaborative album, ‘Watch the Throne‘, with Kanye West. Jay-Z has taken the liberty to weave lyrics together that offer a speedy discourse on the lack of women of color in…
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From the documentation of sleepers to a man’s description of his life through the experiences of his colleagues, friends and family, Calle’s work emphasizes the absence of the artists to create portraits and capture universal ideas of contemporary life.
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aesthetics / anonymity / conceptual art / contemporary art / contemporary life / detachment / documentation / experiences / exquisite pain / fabrication / human condition / human interaction / identity / intimacy / linda weintraub / melodrama / modern technology / personal relationships / photography / portraits / sensations / sophie calle / suite venitienne / the notebook man / universal ideas / voyeuristic¶¶¶¶¶
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 