Beyond a pacific and sterile coexistence of reified cultures (multiculturalism), we must move towards cooperation among cultures equally critical of their identity - that is, to access the stage of translation. The stakes are colossal: it involves allowing the rewriting of "official" History in favor of plural narratives, while facilitating a possible dialogue among these different versions of History.
Nicholas Bourriaud, The Radicant, 2009 # 8
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- Moreover, I think that the women were called doves by the people of Dodona for the reason that they were Barbarians and because it seemed to them that they uttered voice like birds; but after a time (they say) the dove spoke with human voice, that is when the woman began to speak so that they could …
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Jone Kvie, Here, here VI
Every image in the Alterlibrary collection is intended as a quote, an excerpt of a larger discourse. But every image also stands as a matter that could undergo a series of operations and alterations. Therefore, images are renewable sources.
Operations: Extraction (photograph of a photograph printed on a catalogue) and Collection.
Image alteration: Texturing. The original image came from a printed catalogue, where it was first photographed and converted into a digital file. That digital file was then processed using a program developed by a graphic designer called Texturing, designed to extract textures from an image and generate new “visual material.” In effect, what began as a photographic source is turned into a sort of graphical fabric that can be reused for other creative purposes. This amounts to a recycling of the original visual “matter,” transforming it into a different kind of resource suitable for further design processes.
Jone Kvie's original sculptural piece combines natural materials that bear silent witness to geological and biological processes. Volcanic tuff-rock, lichens, moss, pine needles, and iron converge into a single form, suggesting a dialogue between organic growth and the elemental forces shaping our landscapes. The main structure of the sculpture is a volcanic rock collected by the artist and temporarily displaced in an exhibition space during Documenta Kassel 2022.
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