january 2014


Unravel — Aeon Videos
When people in the West throw their clothes away, their cast-offs often go on a journey east, across the oceans, to India’s industrial interior. From the Kutch District of western India to the northern city of Panipat, garment recyclers turn into yarn the huge bales of clothes that come from people and places distinctly strange. With little exposure to Western culture other than the Discovery Channel, the garment recyclers rely on their imagination and the rumours that travel with the cast-offs to create an an intriguing perspective on the West.
The modern human has a Louis Vuitton bag and two massive eyebrows, each of which are covered by a hard layer of mud.
The modern horse has one-toed legs, each of which is covered by a hard hoof.

consumerism, promoted as a global ideology, exacerbate the atomization and numbness of subjects.