mjahn dismantle final - mit opencourseware•transgressors who don’t need your alibi to invite you...
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Dis/mantlemarisa jahn, 2005
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Dismantle
dismantle[transitive verb]
1: to take to pieces; also : to destroy the integrity or functioning of 2 : to strip of dress or covering : DIVEST3 : to strip of furniture and equipment
Etymology:1579, from M.Fr. desmanteler "to tear down the walls of a fortress," lit. "strip of a cloak," from des- "off, away" + manteler "to cloak" (see mantle - O.E. mentel = "loose, sleeveless cloak," from L. mantellum "cloak," )
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cape & sewing kit
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incantationspellhoaxhex
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SARTORIAL ALCHEMY!!!
silk woolsatin(snip)
silkwoolsatin(snip)
silkwoolsatin(snip)
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Invitations and responses
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Typology of victims (in terms of access)
Easy•transgressors who don’t need your alibi to invite you into their closet•People you don’t know (they have no record against which to judge erratic behavior)•Close physical proximity•Those who already allow you a large degree of comfort in their personal spaces
Medium•Friends who know that you normally don’t traipse around in a pink cape
Hard•Incredulous skeptics•Paranoiacs
Typology of victims (in terms of desirable characteristics)Fabulous wardrobes
Preselectively already interested in subject matter
Proximity
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the kill
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Victim #1Leighton Klein - 12/13/05
Relationship: housemate
Intrigue: transgression/violation within the sanctity of my own house
Alibi: I pretended I was doing a photo shoot and needed a brown rain coat which I knew he owned. “Can I just go poke about in your closet and find the right thing for the shoot?”
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Victim #2Azra Aksamija - 12/14/05
Relationship: friend
Intrigue: Azra has a marvelous and prized wardrobe; she herself approaches garments in a thought-provoking way (so violating her clothing nods acknowledges her mastery and determines the logic of the game).
Alibi: I pretended I was working on developing a prototype for a hooded coat and wanted to photograph one of her magnificent caps to make a template.
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Victim #3Julia Scher - 12/14/05
Relationship: professor, transgressor, trespasser
Intrigue: Julia’s own work and persona involves the transgression and investigation of the liminal places defined by rigid social mores. Being invited into her closet uses her own logic with and against her.
Alibi: none needed.
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Victim #4Khadija Zinnenburg-Caroll - 12/15/05
Relationship: friend with an even better wardrobe than Azra
Intrigue: using her own magic against her
Alibi: class project
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Victim #5Helen - 12/18/05
Relationship: neighbor downstairs from me
Intrigue: totally unwitting suspect
Alibi: making a cape for my niece’s school play
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holemomentInterruptionrupture
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(dis)possessto possess other by dispossessing oneself
(dis)mantleto dismantle others by dismantling one’s own mantle (countenance)
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amuletcharmvoodooblack magicgiftingpotlatch
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graftgift
caresschafecursecharm
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AllusionsSt. Martin – gave his coat to a shivering beggarChrist – giving of his own flesh (in this case, wool) to othersSitting Shiva – Jewish practice of wounding (ripping) ones clothing to signify mourningVampires – sucking blood