Jun 22, 2020
The Blindfold- Brainstorm
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The Blindfold- Brainstorm
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The Blindfold- VERSION 1
Divide and rule (Latin: divide et impera), or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.
The maxim divide et impera has been attributed to Philip II of Macedon.
Denny spoke to Document about the politics of power dressing and how Thatcher's neo-liberalism shaped Silicon Valley.
I came across the sleeping bag designs—another garment for an individual, that comes from the same rugged outdoorsy individualist romance as a product, but that speaks of a very different outcome of those same market systems. The sleeping bag speaks not to the triumph of market forces, but instead to its difficulties evenly spreading its benefits.
I think one can’t say Silicon Valley is changing the world—it’s more an outcome of a longer arc of ways of organizing society which the Thatcher worldview is a part of.
A new exhibition in San Francisco makes art out of the Patagonia vest, the former prime minister of England and … Salesforce?
The result is a visual treatise on income inequality, global capitalism and the digital world built on shared fashion references.
“To me, they represent an era of dress — the feminine but power business look,” Mr. Denny said. “Also the Thatcher policies, which have accelerated global inequality.”
...San Francisco, home of both the tech elite and a growing divide between rich and poor that is painfully visible...
... two Patagonia sleeping bags, which are references to the homeless in San Francisco.
Simon Denny: Security Through Obscurity, January 14, 2020 - February 22, 2020 at Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, United States
Making inequality its subject, Denny’s first solo show...
as Patagonia sleeping bags (once associated with camping, now with homeless encampments)
Nano Puff vests, a favorite of tech and finance types
Altman Siegel is pleased to present an exhibition of new sculptures, wall reliefs and framed works by the New Zealand born, Berlin based artist Simon Denny. This will be the artist’s first solo show in San Francisco. Addressing the intersection of technology, society and aesthetics, Denny sources the material for his work from within the objects, documents, and images produced by technology companies and states.
JAN 14–FEB 22, 2020 ALTMAN SIEGEL Gallery
bureaucracy that encode power and property
discourse about community, individualism and visibility