lucy raven - anamorphic materialism

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mousse 31~Lucy Raven

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Anamorphic Materialism

Fionn Meadei thg bt t lt t ch, tg, ct c ht tchlg, tl c, th , th l bth tl tl lb, th ph phctl c t thg lg pjct. x-t t tlgcl G t g g, th ph pttll hlpl tlg bt . v China

Town, xpl, ll th tt cpp v cp-p thgh t t g Ch ct bqt tb-t t th gtlz cct -cll c, tg p th-g tl tht t tl c ptp. Th ctl ptt th v th plc (php plcg) t tl ctxt lt cptl vlp btcg th th gv tl ctt, b . Th -phc tl vtgt h ttg gg b allSl h phtgphc pjct Fish Story(988-94), H c InComparison (2009), h llg cpg th -t tl t ct cc t c th t plct ctq cc tbt th plct tl pc. Wht cltl ctq China Town ct v?

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tctl , t c b , lt , ad nau-seam. a i hg th v, th pc cpp h bc hgh thtppl tlg t blg lctc pl c -gl v th blt tct, th

pp , llg t cp. Th - th v t th pt xht c b pt bg g 00 b bt c. Th v i ptcll tt th tt th pt, xpc glgc t, vl l c v th . th ct l thgh thct pth t th pt t gl, t l. tc gg t th 24 h , 7 , - 2 h ht l ch ch. ct tc lvgth hg t th t p, th bgg th l c tth ch t b pc, tt b th pctg cpp

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fm ct pjct t p tt ptt t l, cg, gtl plt, xpl v chvlpt. i tg th tgth, ht gp qt ggh bc cct t th l thg, t, t ?

The flmmaking o Lucy Raven investigates the changes caused by globalization on

both material and immaterial levels. Fionn Meade converses with the artist to retrace

her explorations, rom the dislocation o the work orce to the question o visual

ormats, whose ates seem to intersect. Even the most innovative visual ormulae,

like 3D, have undergone a radical reconfguration due to the delocalization o labor,

leading to hypertrophic post-production and an incessant production cycle.

This page China Town, 2009. Courtesy: the artist Opposite page Stills from 3D conversion, work-in-progress

Courtesy: the artist


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new york~ Lucy Raven


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200, Nachleben, hch cl pl t gg th g qc-g, tg, gtv ph.

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Below China Town, 2009. Courtesy: the

artist

Bottom Nachleben, an exhibition

organized by Fionn Meade and Lucy Raven,Goethe-Institut, New York, 2010. Photo:

Jason Mandella

Opposite Daybreak, 2008, illustrated

lecture and multimedia essay for TripleCanopy. Courtesy: the artist


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Above, left RP40 test pattern stillCourtesy: the artist

Above, right MGM test pattern still


Top China Town, 2009Courtesy: the artist

Opposite, top and middle Back to the

Wasted Future, 2007. Courtesy: the artist

Opposite, bottom Daybreak, 2008Courtesy: the artist

Lopera flmica di Lucy Raven indaga i cambiamenti indotti dalla globalizzazione sia a livello materiale che

immateriale. Fionn Meade intesse con lartista una conversazione che ripercorre le sue indagini, da quellasulla dislocazione della orza lavoro a quella sui ormati visivi, i cui destini sembrano incrociarsi. Anche le

ormule visive pi innovative, come il 3D, hanno subito una radicale riconfgurazione dalla de-localizzazione

della lavorazione, sociata in unipertrofca post-produzione e in un ininterrotto ciclo produttivo.

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Nachleben (an exhibition organized by

Fionn Meade and Lucy Raven), Goethe-

Institut, New York, 2010. Photo: JasonMandella

Below What Manchester Does Today, the

Rest of the World Does Tomorrow, 2011.


Opposite, top Workers use car seats

inside a GM factory in Flint during the

1937 UAW sit-down strike

Opposite, bottom Still from the movie

Master Hands, 1936


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