Minus 9 Design » collaboration http://www.m9design.com Rathna Ramanathan Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:14:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Embedded Art: Art in the name of Security, 2009 http://www.m9design.com/events/exhibitions/embedded-art-2009 http://www.m9design.com/events/exhibitions/embedded-art-2009#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:58:39 +0000 admin http://www.m9design.com/_dev/?p=276 Projects have different ways of developing. The artwork ‘Requiem for the network’ created for Embedded Art: Art in the name of Security (‘an interdisciplinary exhibition focusing on the societal shifts caused by the universal desire for security’)  in Berlin in February 2009 was the product of a six-month collaboration between myself and writer extraordinaire Ken Hollings.

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View from the CCTV camera

The final artwork was a series of 4 A0 posters that ‘visualised’ Ken’s text (an essay he had written for the Embedded Art catalogue) as a network of connections. It also worked as a reflection of Ken’s process and essence as a writer, connecting what may seem like random “historical events, cultural allusions and epistemological shifts” in an impressive complete story with fascinating insight. The artwork is the result of a true and highly enjoyable collaboration, moving back and forth between Ken and myself. Ken covers the one, two, three, four, five stage process in detail.

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Ken watching the artwork while being watched

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Making the connections

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Its all about the network

Photography by Ken Hollings.

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