{"id":18919,"date":"2017-01-08T19:31:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T00:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=18919"},"modified":"2017-01-08T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T15:35:00","slug":"image-as-virus-exhibition-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/image-as-virus-exhibition-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Image as Virus’ exhibition shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Image as Virus was an exhibition that ran from December 14, 2016 to January 5, 2017. OK first point to make is how ludicrous it is to schedule a two-week long exhibition at a university gallery<\/a> over Xmas\/New Year’s break. When your show runs for 20 days and you’re closed for 10 or even 2 of those days during regular operating hours, you really limit your outreach. And you only compound that fracture when you make two different Facebook events (one<\/a> and two<\/a>) and don’t specify the days you will be closed on either event listing.<\/p>\n

Then – then! – you promote the show with what is basically false advertising. And I quote from multiple press releases,<\/p>\n

The personal 10,000+ badge collection which populates this exhibition belongs to Kevin Pedersen, who is currently head of the Brooklyn-based record label What\u2019s Your Rupture. The presentation has been developed by Pedersen and Sukhdev Sandhu (of Colloquium for Unpopular Culture) with the assistance of 80WSE Gallery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, how many badges would you expect to see on display? 10,000, right? Try 500, and I think that’s being generous.<\/p>\n

So that’s the punk rocker in me calling you on your bullshit and not living up to your promise. But whatever! I still enjoyed the show and got to see a few gems from history.<\/p>\n

First up a few installation shots:<\/p>\n

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A few details shots from the paper ephemera cabinet:<\/p>\n

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And now for the badges!<\/p>\n

These New York Dolls pins are kind of incredible – I can’t recall ever seeing individual band member pins for any band:<\/p>\n

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Similarly, the ‘MADNESS’ pins running down the middle of this image are incredible – I also cannot recall ever seeing a band name spelled out across multiple pins:<\/p>\n

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And now for the bulk of the button shots. I love how some are weathered and worn and even rusted through – really aged, but kept remarkably well, similar to my own collection amassed over the years indeed. Enjoy:<\/p>\n

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