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DIS: #artselfie
Introduction by Douglas Coupland. Text by Marvin Jordan. Interview by Simon Castets.
#artselfie opens with an incisive remark by Douglas Coupland: "Selfies are mirrors we can freeze ... Selfies allow us to see how others look at themselves in a mirror making their modeling face when nobody's around ... except these days, everybody's around everywhere all the time." The #artselfie hashtag emerged in 2012 and was subsequently activated by New York–based collective DIS, as an aggregated mode of art-tourism and documentation. These selfies and their dialogue with art are an opportunity to revisit fundamental questions such as: if art is a mirror, what happens when we place ourselves between it and the camera? Including an introduction by Douglas Coupland (author of Generation X and ruthless observer of contemporary society) and a discussion between Simon Castets and DIS, #artselfie allows us to experience how significant—and seductive—this viral phenomenon is.
Featured image is reproduced from DIS: #artselfie.
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New York Journal of Books
Richard Rivera
Whether or not you consider selfies to be art is entirely in the perception of the viewer. But this slim volume will be equally at home among the topics of social behavior, modern society, tourism, and anthropology—as well as Art.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 128 pgs / 260 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $29.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $39.95 ISBN: 9782365680073 PUBLISHER: Jean Boîte Éditions AVAILABLE: 3/24/2015 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Published by Jean Boîte Éditions. Introduction by Douglas Coupland. Text by Marvin Jordan. Interview by Simon Castets.
#artselfie opens with an incisive remark by Douglas Coupland: "Selfies are mirrors we can freeze ... Selfies allow us to see how others look at themselves in a mirror making their modeling face when nobody's around ... except these days, everybody's around everywhere all the time." The #artselfie hashtag emerged in 2012 and was subsequently activated by New York–based collective DIS, as an aggregated mode of art-tourism and documentation. These selfies and their dialogue with art are an opportunity to revisit fundamental questions such as: if art is a mirror, what happens when we place ourselves between it and the camera? Including an introduction by Douglas Coupland (author of Generation X and ruthless observer of contemporary society) and a discussion between Simon Castets and DIS, #artselfie allows us to experience how significant—and seductive—this viral phenomenon is.
