An equally inspiring exhibit.

“This thesis is an experimental work combining anthropology and photography in the form of a written text and photographic essay. I first discuss the practices of anthropology and photography and their usage as they developed from the 1800s to the present to place my work in context. The body of the thesis examines the rise in interest in the practice of tattooing in the United States and its implications for women. Women’s bodies serve as a site of social control through gendered appearance and idealized beauty standards. Tattooing is visual communication, written on the body, which is linked historically to deviance and remains stigmatized in the West. Tattoos on women, especially the “new” tattooing of the past ten years or so, are a form of resistance to gendered appearance standards and social control.”

Read the thesis by Melissa M. Forbis, Temple University, May 1994

Our beloved Arts Editor Jeanne-Salomé Rochat is part of a (very) collective exhibition opening Thursday at the Vegas Gallery in London.

This exhibition will also feature a happy bunch of Genevan artists such as:

John M Armleder—Dragan Aleksic—Emil Anderfuhren—Solvej Dufour Anderson—Omar Ba—Alex Baladi—Francis Baudevin—Pierre Belouin—Ben—Jacob Benjama—Sophie Caroline Bernhard—Donatella Bernardi—Alexandre Bianchini—Vanessa Bianchini—Pierre Bismuth—Christian Bili—Vanessa Billy—Jean-Luc Blanc—Michel Blazy—Amie Bolissian—Kim Seob Boninsegni—Jacques Bonnard—Thomas Bonny—Laurence Bonvin—Olaf Breuning—Tarramo Broennimann—Marc Calame—Frank Capra—Bettina Carl—Adrien Chevalley—Fabien Clerc—Genevieve Closuit—Claudia Comte—Jean Crotti—Charles Cuccu—Richard Decaillet—Pascal Decaillet—Simon Deppierraz—Fouad Dumontier—Hadrien Dussoix—Saskia Edens—Phillippe d Eliopoulos—Anne-Sophie Estoppey—Chris Faria—Joseph Farine—Fred Favre—Estelle Ferreira—Joelle Flumet—Toby Frankenstein—David Fryer—Christopher Fullemann—Francesca Gabbiani—Thomas Galler—Aurelien Gamboni—Anne Gast—Gerber&Gerber—Olivier Genoud—Stephen Gill—Geraldine Gliubislavich—Clare Goodwin—Christian Gonzenbach—Alois Godinat—Christian Graser—Wade Guyton—Fabrice Gygi—Herve Graumann—Alex Hanimann—Alain Huck—Richard Hoeck—David Hominal—Robert Irelande—Francois Jeannin—Alexandre Joly—Raphael Julliard—Carl June—Nicole Hassler—Heringa/Van Kalsbeek—Gauthier Huber—Alex Hudson—Greg Hug—Francois Jeannin—Fabio Jaramillo—Julien Kaeser—San Keller—Thomas Koenig—Andreas Kressig—Isamu Krieger—Elke Krystufek—Sarah Lis—Balthazar Lovay—Brighid Lowe—Urs Luthi—Christian Marclay—Angela Marzullo—Stephen McDonald—Jeff McMillan—Merlu—John Miller—Valentina Mirkovic dos Santos—Christian Moeller—David Monnet—Elena Montesinos—Lucia More—Claudio Moser—Olivier Mosset—Gianni Motti—Melodie Mousset—Paul Noble—Karim Noureldin—Amy o’Neill—Tim Phillips—Matthieu Pilloud—Beatriz Pedrera—Mai-Thu Perret—Gianmose Petazzi—Marie-France Perret-Gentil—MR Magic—Charlemagne Palestine—Steven Parrino—Valentina Pini—Walter Pfeiffer—Yann Leopold Popper—Laure Prouvost—Theodora Quiriconi—Richard Le Quellec—Adam Rabinowitz—Gerald Rast—Helge Reumann—Christophe Rey—Nicolas Rieben—Riond—Xavier Robel—Anne Rochat—Pascal Robert—Jeanne-Salomée Rochat—Sylvie Rodriguez—Sandra Roth—Pascal Rousson—Daniel Ruggiero—Eddie Ruscha—Christophe Rutimann—Aline Saigne—Djonam Saltani—Rebecca Sauvin—Pierre Schwerzmann—Francesca Serra—Peter Stoffel—Marion Tampon-Lajarriette—John Tremblay—Gabriel Truan—James Unsworth—Nicolas Vagnieres—Benjamin Valenza—Ilan Vanbros—Marie Velardi—Jean-Luc Verna—Sandrine Viscomi—Morten Viskum—Jean-Philippe Volonter—Nicolas Wagnieres—Patrick Weidmann—Simon Willems—Barbara Yvelin—Olivier Zimermann—Zorro & Bernardo

And it is entitled:

“I Am By Birth A Genevese”

Vegas Gallery
Oaklands
64-66 Redchurch Street
E2 7DP
London

WOMAN 1: Frankie.

WOMAN 2: Yes.

WOMAN 1: (beat) Here we go.

WOMAN 2: Yes.

WOMAN 1 (sympathetically): Did you find yourself sometimes alone with any of your team, sometimes under extreme pressure as the investigation became nightmarish?

WOMAN 2: Yes. And I wish you’d get to the question I know you’re going to ask, so I can deny it ever happened.

WOMAN 1: Did you invite Frankie to apply bike grease on your private places and lick it away?

WOMAN 2: Never. Not even close, And Frankie is psychotic.

WOMAN 1: Well then.

WOMAN 2: You’re all loony.

WOMAN 1:That question is behind us

WOMAN 2: Are you writing this down?

WOMAN 1: No. As you see.

WOMAN 2: Oh.

WOMAN 1: It’s being recorded.

WOMAN 2 (glancing around): Fine.

Cheers Armand!

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In the spirit of Karlheinz Weinberger. These were taken by the photographer Bill Ray

Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (and friends), California 1965

PS. None of those beards are a scratch on Andrew May’s

Normally I would not really think about posting a still from a Venezuelan Pharmaceutical ad on Sang Bleu but in this particular case, I could not resist. My friend, the multi-talented Miguel Villalobos sent me a few stills from a film he is art directing for a Pharmaceutical House in Venezuela and I went under a spell and asked for more. Here are a few of the images. I think we have a potential contender for Tim Burton on our hands.

“This one night
while i was lying on and tried to sleep
i felt this flash and saw this picture in combination
with sang bleu.
I just had to send you it.
I would like to donate it to you.
Erase or materialize it.

best
sarp “

I chose the latter