I don't respond as much to the more theoretical works on paper, but his art dramatizing boundaries and spaces – painting the green line between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan; pushing a block of ice through Mexico City – are direct, absurdist, and through provoking.
"Since 1983, in addition to his work on and about the violin, Jon Rose has been bowing and recording the music of Fences worldwide. A wide range of atmospheric music can be coaxed from these ubiquitous landmarks."
Lighthouse with its foundations underwater at high-tide. I read on shorpy that this house is still in operation today, and has been solar-powered for the past 25 years.
Each borough's border photographed.
Nice longish read about the history of the US's war on drugs. For fans of Traffik/c and The Wire.
"[The United States] isn't a unified system of territoriality, but a hodgepodge of different attitudes toward the land and its inhabitants. Different areas under U.S. control have very different relationships to government..."
Can't believe I hadn't archived/posted this here already - but immediately following DJ /Rupture's set, I was reminded and now I have done so. He's taking noise, music, sound and culture deep into his belly and spitting it back out thru his fingertips. ♥
Part 1 / Part 2 