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David Maisel: Ancient X-Rays (2014)

History’s Shadow has as its source material x-rays of art objects that date from antiquity through just prior to the invention of photography. The x-rays have been culled from museum conservation archives, re-photographed and re-worked. Through the x-ray process, the artworks of origin become de-contextualized, yet acutely alive and renewed. The series concerns the dual processes and intertwined themes of memory and excavation.
“It is worth remembering that the internet wasn’t supposed to be like this. It wasn’t supposed to be six boring men with too much money creating spaces that no one likes but everyone is forced to use because those men have driven every other form of online existence into the ground. The internet was supposed to have pockets, to have enchanting forests you could stumble into and dark ravines you knew better than to enter. The internet was supposed to be a place of opportunity, not just for profit but for surprise and connection and delight. Instead, like most everything American enterprise has promised held some new dream, it has turned out to be the same old thing—a dream for a few, and something much more confining for everyone else.”

Wen Qing: have you ever had the entire point of your existence unraveled and put back together right in front of your eyes in the span of two minutes and wonder "how on earth on you not traumatized" and then realize you probably were

Wei Wuxian:

Wen Qionglin:

Uncle Four:

Everyone in Burial Mounds:

Wei Wuxian: do you want another radish

Wen Qing: yes please