{"id":351,"date":"2012-06-15T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/?p=351"},"modified":"2012-06-15T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T10:54:32","slug":"mirror-mirror-on-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/2012\/06\/15\/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror, mirror on the wall&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ball<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Adel Abdessemed, &quot;Soccer Ball&quot;, 2009\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adel Abdessemed, &quot;Soccer Ball&quot;, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-soccer-ball-2009-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adel Abdessemed, &quot;Soccer ball&quot;, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/aiweiweilot67.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/aiweiweilot67-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/aiweiweilot67-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/aiweiweilot67.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tier<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-usine-2008-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-usine-2008-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-usine-2008-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-usine-2008-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adel Abdessemed, &quot;Usine&quot;, 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8222;The work that has people furious is <em>Usine<\/em>, a 1:27-minute color video made in Mexico depicting a bunch of different animal and insect species thrown together into a pen: We see fighting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">roosters, snakes, pit bulls, tarantulas, iguanas, white mice, scorpions, and one toad<\/span>.&#8220; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2009\/05\/saltz_adel_abdessemed_creates.html\">Quote<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/huangyongping-theatreoftheworld-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/huangyongping-theatreoftheworld-2-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Huang Yongping, &quot;Theatre of the World&quot;, 1993\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/huangyongping-theatreoftheworld-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/huangyongping-theatreoftheworld-2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huang Yongping, &quot;Theatre of the World&quot;, 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8222;Theatre of the World (1993), a turtle-shaped cage containing live <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes, geckos, crickets and small snakes<\/span>, is a miniature gladiators\u2019 arena for a Darwinian battle of survival. This enduring Taoist demonstration of non-intervention (albeit in a contrived situation of his own creation) is at the core of Huang\u2019s vision.&#8220; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frieze.com\/issue\/review\/huang_yong_ping\/\">Quote<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8222;Is <em>Theater of the World<\/em> an insect zoo? A test site where various species of the natural world devour one another? A space for observing the activity of \u201cinsects\u201d? An architectural form as a closed system? A cross between a panopticon and the shamanistic practice of keeping insects? A metaphor for the conflicts among different peoples and cultures? Or, rather, a modern representation of the ancient Chinese character g\u01d4 [\u86ca\/\u8831]?&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014Huang Yongping<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Kopf<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-mehr-licht-2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-357\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-mehr-licht-2009-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-mehr-licht-2009-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/adel-abdessemed-mehr-licht-2009.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adel Abdessemed, &quot;Mehr Licht&quot;, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_mehrlicht2b-2009-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-358\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_mehrlicht2b-2009-2011-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_mehrlicht2b-2009-2011-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_mehrlicht2b-2009-2011.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mounir Fatmi, &quot;Mehr Licht&quot;, 2009-2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_hardhead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371\" src=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_hardhead-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_hardhead-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/files\/2012\/06\/mounirfatmi_hardhead.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mounir Fatmi, &quot;T\u00eate dure&quot;, 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball Tier &#8222;The work that has people furious is Usine, a 1:27-minute color video made in Mexico depicting a bunch of different animal and insect species thrown together into a pen: We see fighting roosters, snakes, pit bulls, tarantulas, iguanas, white mice, scorpions, and one toad.&#8220; Quote &#8222;Theatre of the World (1993), a turtle-shaped cage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/2012\/06\/15\/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eMirror, mirror on the wall&#8230;\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/sonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}