Simon Vine
The philosophies of contemporary art institutions, and celestial monarchies; an esoteric rant.
Contemporary art is in many ways the art of obfuscation. It begins with a promising image, adds to it a poetic idea, and then proceeds to...
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Simon Vine
- Feb 19, 2019
- 5 min
The erotic, sex, and images.
Of course it's difficult to discuss the subtleties of what shapes a person's identity, sexually or otherwise. There are certain physical...
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Simon Vine
- Jan 18, 2017
- 4 min
J' pas compris : / an abandoned project.
The conclusion at which I here arrived is that I have no business here. So here are my notes, because while I may not be personally at...
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Simon Vine
- May 16, 2016
- 1 min
Polishing the silverware in utopia.
Digital ideology; The separation of a view of the world from the reality of empirical circumstances. Gestalt does not here refer...
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Simon Vine
- Jul 31, 2015
- 2 min
Why paint?
A new start; in defense of representational art. The painting and sculpture I see around me have varied but similar purposes. It is...
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Simon Vine
- Jul 31, 2015
- 1 min
28th of March, 2015
Somewhere between image and ideology. The image speaks to some part of mind that is not entirely linguistic. It has structure... #photo
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Simon Vine
- Apr 20, 2015
- 1 min
Image is discourse.
Today simply 2 links, one to my photography blog, and another to a blog where I post occasional writing. http://atswim.tumblr.com/ Most...
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