Friday, November 6, 2009

Gideon Barnett, The Origin of the World

"This three volume reference set contains every image in Google's image database associated with the phrase "the origin of the world," as it existed on March 14th, 2008. Produced by photographing a computer screen with a large format camera, this project consists of 987 images presented at a 300% enlargement across three books."
















I love this series for Barnett's exploration of the relationships between varying polemical states - nature/technology, analog/digital, concept/pop art, mutability/stasis, exclusivity/accessibility - and for facilitating a space of acquiescence.
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images © Gideon Barnett, 2008

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