[-empyre-] International Women\'s Day 0 Journee Internationale de la femme 00-00-0000

[Christina McPhee <christina112@earthlink.net>]

Speaking of representing the 'real':

> http://levels9.com/artprog1/actu/document_actu/femme_08_03_05/ 
> femme_08_03_05.html

How can it be , on the one day of the year that 1/2 of the possibly- 
maybe human species is accorded a special  durée (in fact, 12 hours  
of daylight at most) ,  that one could not possibly risk the exposure  
of trying to photograph humans on the street who appear to dress and  
behave according to whomever might register in the optic nerve and  
brain as " women"  in Paris, this day.


Could have been chased off the sidewalk.  It was easier to shoot  
adverts I guess.

Marginally,  at best, for the first nano,  "representations of the   
woman".


No !  Images of a constructed object,  not a subject.  Aphrodite  
blushes at your impertinence.


The object  possibly labelled,  'fuck me duty free.'  or maybe, I'll  
fuck you unless you buy the product behind me (I'm hiding it).



> The gathering of these images in the form of a diaporama, their  
> similarities reveal indisputably a specific representation of the  
> woman, a model which it is sometimes difficult to perceive without  
> this repetition and juxtaposition of photos.  This diaporarama  
> proposes to be bench a mark, a beacon, the report of a situation...


Of course there is a consistent repetition!  That's the whole point  
of hypercapitalist image saturation.  Surely Baudrillard is already  
rolling in his grave.

> The word Diaporama evolved from two other words - Diapositive  
> (French for a colour slide / transparency film) and Diorama (a word  
> that describes a wide overall view) and it is now widely accepted  
> as the proper description for presentations of this type.http:// 
> www.muirshiel.com/diaporama/
does this mean that you are proposing that your diaporama is some  
kind of spectacular report of a
'situation' regarding a specific representation of.................  
'the woman' ??

who dat?


woman/  no 'woman' : ahhhhhh,   the oscillation of difference/ 
repetition,  that old luscious heartbeat,  reinforce the nobody-home- 
ness so that you can project your desires onto........ nobody.   
Bounces back to you, you feel you possess the formerly impossible to  
possess 'model'.  Must be time to..........Buy!

Bye...

Been there so many times and it sure still doesn't feel right.


Eternally, essentially yours,

c


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> Program [version Francaise en dessous]
> 03-08-2005
> International Women's Day
>
>
> Paris, March 8, 2005
> Today March 8, 2005, international day of the woman, I took my  
> camera and I walked myself randomly in the town of Paris, in the  
> search of images representing the woman in public space, on the  
> walls of the city, the kiosks, in the shops and the subway.
>
> The idea was simple, to testify to the representation of the woman  
> into 2005 through recent images, generally printed, during this day  
> which was devoted to them.
>
> My march started in the 9 th district, crossed 1st, the comédie  
> française, the Louvre, then the street of Rivoli, 4th, St Paul,  
> Jussieu, the street Monge, 5th to finish place of Italy in 13th and  
> to return by subway to my starting point.
> I did not seek to have a particular matter on the position of the  
> woman in our company, but I have, throughout my course,  
> photographed the image of the woman who was introduced to me.
> The gathering of these images in the form of a diaporama, their  
> similarities reveal indisputably a specific representation of the  
> woman, a model which it is sometimes difficult to perceive without  
> this repetition and juxtaposition of photos.  This diaporarama  
> proposes to be bench a mark, a beacon, the report of a situation...
>
> Xavier Cahen
>
> or
> Direct acces
> http://levels9.com/artprog1/actu/document_actu/femme_08_03_05/ 
> femme_08_03_05.html
>
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> programme  [version Francaise]
>
> 03-08-2005
> Journée Internationale de la femme
>
> Paris, le 8 mars 2005
>
> Aujourd'hui 8 mars 2005, journée internationale de la femme, j'ai  
> pris mon appareil photo et je me suis baladé au hasard dans la  
> ville de Paris, à la recherche d'images représentant la femme dans  
> l'espace public, sur les murs de la ville, les kiosques, dans les  
> boutiques et le métro.
>
> L'idée était simple, témoigner de la représentation de la femme en  
> 2005 au travers d'images récentes, le plus souvent imprimées,  
> durant cette journée qui leur était consacrée.
> Mon parcours a commencé dans le 9ième arrondissement, traversé le  
> 1er, la Comédie Française, le Louvre, puis la rue de Rivoli, le  
> 4ième, St Paul, Jussieu, la rue Monge, le 5ième, pour finir place  
> d'Italie dans le 13ième et revenir en métro à mon point de départ.
>
> Je n'ai pas cherché à avoir un propos particulier sur la position  
> de la femme dans notre société en faisant une sélection  
> photographique, mais j'ai, tout au long de mon parcours,  
> photographié l'image de la femme qui m'était présentée.
> Le rassemblement de ces images sous la forme d'un diaporama, leurs  
> similitudes font apparaître indiscutablement une image de la femme,  
> un modèle qu'il est parfois difficile de percevoir sans cette  
> répétition et juxtaposition de photos.
> Ce diaporama se propose d'être un point de repère, une balise, le  
> constat d'une situation…
>
> Xavier Cahen
>
> or
> accès direct
> http://levels9.com/artprog1/actu/document_actu/femme_08_03_05/ 
> femme_08_03_05.html





On Mar 8, 2007, at 4:09 AM, xavier cahen wrote:

> http://www.levels9.com/laube/00-00-0000_PC.zip