Eliot Jones

www.eliotjones.co.uk www.youblewitup.com

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RE-ENTER PARADISE™

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@facebookcull - 2012

A twitter handle which retweets twitter users tweets about culling their ‘facebook friends’, illustrates the ubiquity of the ‘facebook cull’ in modern language. Not only this but the type of language used signifies its status as a modern pastime or key activity in a healthy lifestyle, a necessary activity for the 21st century human.

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other social networks are available : the cull

Define: Facebook Cull (v)

To remove inferior and useless friends from one’s Facebook friends list. Typically fake friends, or those who one doesn’t want stalking them are removed.

Define: Facebook Friend (n)

Individuals who have mutually agreed to be ‘Facebook friends’, allowing you to view information on their profile, follow each other’s postings, post on each other’s wall, etc. Either party can request to be a friend, but the other party must accept the request.

The phenomenon of the facebook cull, is now part of a modern lexicon of language, a product of the way in which online social networks preserve relationships that would have otherwise unconsciously disappeared because of distance or neglect. The online social network presents us with brand new choices, the choice to befriend, to preserve, or to unfriend. It is this element of new choice that is the root of a new social etiquette; the ‘facebook friendship’

‘the cull” by artists Eliot Jones and Samuel Dillon presents several visualisations of online social space generated entirely by data obtained from the online platform, Facebook. Using Dillon’s social network as a data set; compiling and categorising information that was publicly shared by his ‘facebook friends’, this series of works explore the changing physicality of a social network through the categorisation and documentation of an online action; a facebook cull.

Culled - Giclée on canvas 129 x 200 cm, 129 x 200 cm (2012) 

Comprised of two visualisations of Dillon’s facebook network, before and after completing his own ‘facebook cull’. The images exist as an abstraction of information shared online. Created using an algorithm to generate a patchwork of colour gradients, where each individual gradient represents a ‘facebook friend’ from Dillon’s Facebook network, it’s visual attributes defined by the information they share and do not share online. It is an portrait of digital space and the peculiar online existence of its ‘dwellers’.

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*altOrgy0.1* 

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New Olympus, 2014 -

Polystyrene, Mattress, Feather and down duvet, Egyptian cotton duvet cover, ‘Frostbite Black’ mini refrigerator, ‘Tonino Lamborghini’ energy drink 24x 250ml alluminium cans, ‘VIP V5/CE5 Photon Express Starter Kit’, ‘Mango Shisha’ E-Liquid 10ml, ‘Mad Cow’ E-Liquid 10ml, ‘V MAGAZINE – ISSUE 91 – THE REBEL ISSUE – MILEY CYRUS’ magazine, ‘Star Bible: star life guidance for fans’ by Lin, Jinzhu book, ‘Fame by Lady Gaga’ Eau De Parfum Spray – 50ml/1.7oz, ‘Lady Gaga Beats by Dr. Dre – Heartbeats’ in-ear headphones, Holographic laser star projector x2, Kilo – white metal coffee table, Laptop, ‘Wankcoin’ graphics interchange format

Self-Help, 2014 -

POS leaflet carousel, postcards

“No Picture Matters More Than Beyoncé And Jay Z Posing In Front Of The Mona Lisa It might very well be the best picture of our generation. Or any generation.”  BuzzFeed 12/10/2014, at 12:24 a.m., 2014 -

Framed archival photographic print, engraved brass plaque

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altOrgy0.1 (Teaser trailer) A provocative and mind-bending new collaboration by Peter Humphrey (music producer) and Eliot Jones (artist) altOrgy0.1 delves into some of the paradoxes of contemporary culture; a culture that draws power from forbidden experiences whilst declaring nothing forbidden, that uses the most advanced technology to exploit our most primitive desires and that plays the message of liberation on endless repeat. A combination of sound, video art and ‘product placement’ sculpture.

Come and experience the 'real' thing at Hotel Elephant Gallery, London on 28-29th November www.altorgy.co.uk

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This CD draws together two cover songs from recordings made by Yakka Harris. Both covers seem to capture a unique moment, beyond the music being played, that we felt linked them together.

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Body Party (Karaoke Remix)-  Ciara ft. Roger Troutman II

Music by Qaphqa https://soundcloud.com/kahf-kah

Video by @ubiquitousjones

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Notes on totality. The memory of a delicious thing now made of substitutes

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the reification of the rematerialised art object the deification of the dematerialised art object

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OPEC #1 // BASRA LIGHT

'BEATS BY THE BARREL'

Will Petro Dollar$ find that Basra Light?

https://soundcloud.com/youblewitup/sets/opec-basra-light http://instagram.com/dollarpetro https://twitter.com/DollarPetro https://soundcloud.com/kahf-kah http://youtu.be/VkWD0AS90wg

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'Take It' by Qaphqa 

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@youblewitup: cover art for double release from producer QAPHQA - 'Name Of The Father' featuring tracks 'Libro De Bruxt' and 'Memory (Side B)' Listen and FREE Download HERE

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First promo for the 'Night of Vice' mixtape.

A series of videos 'Filmed on Location' in the open world game GTA: Vice City

Music by QAPHQA

Video by @_petrocc and @ubiquitousjones

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