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mission-summary
The blind
eye projects seek to make and promote art and media that deflect
the interest of the audience and attempt to subtract stimulation.
They propose nothing less than work that reverses the historic
logic of media and art. more
origin-summary
First
came the "ambient revolution," an idea that sprang
from willy mal's enthusiasm for the rapid changes that occurred
in tv, including the news, during the 1980s. more
blind
eye project productions:
--the "exoptic fields" video
-- the exoptic fields video magazine advertisement campaign
in the Utne Reader.
-- an example of deflective media with added stimulation,
the "blind heat" video made by Benton C.
-- the exoptic fields installation at TRANSCINEMA in the HERE
art gallery in New York City end of November 2000.
--blind eye storefronts in New York City, London, and Vienna.
-- In New York, the East Village window at C-Ya!, 524
East 5th St., between Ave's "A" and "B"
and the Times Square window, 125 West 42nd St., between Ave's
6 and 7.
--"deflect media extravaganza" at Times Square from
January 17, 2002 to February 2, 2002, presented by Chashama
at 125 West 42nd St. events+exhibits
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blind
eye manifesto
Let me
tell you how the daylight soothed our eyes./ All night we
we fought and . . . "manifesto"
reverse
media logic
Media
reversal and deflection are like sound wave cancellation techniques.
They seek to neutralize sensation by creating its opposite.
In the case of sound, this opposite is a wave that saps the
energy of the existing sound. Think of a bath tub where equal
and opposite waves collide and cancel each other leading to
a still tub. The action, its process, cancels stimulation.
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"for sale"
The project
also sells radical "art" videos as novelty gift
items with mass appeal. But the project is more than its videos.
It includes storefronts, street-stand "selling"
performances and "advertising." These, and related
undertakings, are all part of the blind eye project.
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