The ceremonial burning of a hand built totem of books, originally held outside the British Museum, it was subsequently repeated or re-enacted from 1964 to 1968.
Archive for the ‘Ritual’ Category
Ritual / Tourist Photography
20/11/10
Tourists ritually and continuously making evidence of their travels, in 1979 Susan Sontag wrote ” just about everything has been photographed’ and today just about everything is still photographed.
Ritual / AIDS 3D : OMG Obelisk (2007)
20/11/10
A false idol appropriating two other signifiers: neon signage and the language of text abbreviation.
Ritual / Arcangelo Sassolino : Untitled (2008)
20/11/10
For each installation a freshly machined length of timber is forced to its breaking point by a hydraulic ram. As the breaking point is reached the man made objects exist in harmony yet expose the natural, phenomena and structures of the objects and process.
Ritual / Potlatch Kwakwaka’wakw
20/11/10
The ceremonial gathering of one of the tribes of the Pacific Northwest of America who traditionally operate within a system of gift economy. Once banned, the tribes are re-performing elements of their ancestors tradition.
Ritual / Rolling Stones Tour
20/11/10
Since their formation the Rolling Stones have almost continually been on tour with fans traveling along with the tour to repeatedly watch the same lavish spectacle of the same music.
Ritual / Channel Four : Wedding House
20/11/10
The denaturing of a traditionally sanctified ceremony of marriage for the spectacle of mass entertainment.
Rituals / Walking Rituals : Mother of the Plaza De Mayo
20/11/10
The annual protest of mother’s in Argentina, who believe that their children were abducted during the years known as the Dirty War (1976–1983).
Rituals / Binge Drinking
20/11/10
Ritualistic copious and conspicuous consumption of alcohol on Friday and Saturday by large numbers of the British public.
Ritual / Oliver Laric : ↓ ↑ (2008)
20/11/10
Split screen video of appropriated internet footage of baptisms where the baptism occurs in the spilt between the left and right screens. The left descends unbaptised and the right ascends baptised.
