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III.         The two vanguards

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Abstract

Grand Wizard Theodore Scratching

Bodies and machines are defined by function: as long as they operate correctly, they remain imperceptible; they become a part of the process of perception, as the extension of the action that engages the Self with the world.^[1]

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“(...) mientras tanto, aquí, el mar ha encontrado por sí mismo otro dominio donde las formas, el espacio, la memoria, el orden de las cosas y los acontecimientos aparecen transfigurados, puestos en el cielo, sustraídos a las amenazas e incluso a la banalidad de la vida cotidiana, y de esta manera situados de nuevo en el mundo de la percepción como espejismos”. Fulvio Abbate 1994.

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“(...) ma intanto, qui, il mare ha già ritrovato per sé un altro dominio dove le forme, le figure, lo spazio, la memoria, l'ordine stesso delle cose e degli eventi appaiono trasfigurati, assunti in cielo, sottratti alle minacce e perfino all'ovvietà del quotidiano, e in questo modo rimessi al mondo della percezione come miraggi”. Fulvio Abbate 1994.

Christina Mitrentse (born 1977, Greece) began her Wounded Book series as a response to her contribution to the Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street project, organised by Beau Beausoleil in 2010, to reflect on the damage to humanity and the loss of material knowledge caused by the car bombing in Baghdad’s booksellers’ street on 5 March 2007. Being an artist who works in series, unsurprisingly this one has continued to grow, and it has since been added to Mitrentse’s own ongoing project initiative, Add To My Library, vol. III.