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Amalia Ulman’s Instagram performance exposed the flaws in selfie culture

Amalia Ulman’s Instagram performance exposed the flaws in selfie culture

by Alicia | Apr 4, 2018 | CNN, Writing

From CNN Style, March 29, 2018, by Alicia Eler:  Credit: Courtesy Amalia Ulman/Arcadia Missa, London Argentinian-born artist Amalia Ulman’s “Excellences and Perfections” performance happened only four years ago, but in the digital age, it feels like...
Skewering clichés in Ellen von Unwerth’s erotic Bavarian wonderland

Skewering clichés in Ellen von Unwerth’s erotic Bavarian wonderland

by Alicia | Sep 27, 2017 | CNN, Writing

From CNN, March 3, 2017: Milk the cows. Churn the butter. Chop the wood. These farmland chores sound boring as all hell until they’re re-envisioned as a campy Bavarian fantasy in “Heimat,” a series by German photographer Ellen von Unwerth. The photos...