Arranged Conversations

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Word: Brand

Source: “I understand that life is bleak and you can either kill yourself or donate yourself to social commentary. I’m just a brand. I’m just shit. All of my content regarding my personality is available.” Source Title: Bebe Zeva Source Author: Bebe Zeva Publisher: MDMAfilms Date: 2011 Submitted by: Jules Estèves

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Word: Art

Source: "If we admit that art consists in building temples or houses, making paintings or sculptures, or sew from an ornemental pattern, there's no culture that has not elaborated any kind of art." Source Title: The Story of Art Source Author: E.H. Gombrich Publisher: Phaidon Date: 1950 Submitted by: Raoul Audouin

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Word: Arrange

Source: "When you start thinking of sound, it’s the only thing we can arrange, so the rule don’t talk to yourself has many meanings. One is: stop arranging things when you’re alone. Another is: don’t use to yourself what belongs to all of us." Source Title: Perfect Lives Source Author: Robert Ashley Publisher: Channel Four Date: 1984 Submitted by: Jules Estèves

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Word: Archive

Source: "The result, visible above all on the Internet, is that the archive degenerates into the anarchive: a barely navigable disorder of data-debris and memory-trash. For the archive to maintain any kind of integrity, it must sift and reject, consign some memories to oblivion. History must have a dustbin, or History will be a dustbin, a gigantic, sprawling garbage heap." Source Title: Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past Source Author: Simon Reynolds Publisher: Faber & Faber Date: 2011 Submitted by: Maria Mitcheva