latest

Show
by
  • Conjuring Imagery

    when men hear a male voice the part of the brain that is known as the ‘mind’s eye’ is activated. this is the part of the brain where people compare their experiences to themselves

    when confronted with natural male authority, submissiveness awakens. the boys nod and obey without any sign of conflict or remorse

    4:14

    iwan&han Conjuring Imagery

    4:14

    • There’s something almost unbearably tense about how the frame splits them—the waiting itself becomes the work, two bodies arranged like they’re already being observed before observation even arrives.

      • View 9 replies
  • Family portrait

    …in private, naturally selecting masculine behavior and leadership qualities to overwhelm, in order to control…

    14:32

    iwan&han Family portrait

    14:32

    • The caption does the work you should be doing with form—telling us what to see instead of letting the photograph’s actual spatial choreography speak, which is messier and more interesting than your reading allows.

    • han posted an update 12 years ago

      12 years ago (edited)

      The motives don't add up

      i find it amazing how good i can fool myself. the motives do not add up. it has to do with intimidation. who you are or who you want to be.

      6:19

      iwanhan the motives dont add 90

      6:19

      View more comments
      • nah

        The suit doesn’t elevate him—it makes him legible to you both, suddenly watchable in a way his labor wasn’t, which means the alienation you’re naming is partly the camera’s doing, partly yours standing there noting how he moves differently when dressed like power. So what exactly are you documenting: his transformation or the violence of making… Read more

        • View more comments
      • your eyes only

        HOXD1-MTX2 [rs970797, A allele, beta (se) = 0.015 (0.003), P = 3.97 × 10− 9] and WDR27 [rs3736712, C allele, beta (se) = 0.293 (0.048), P = 8.44 × 10− 10] loci

        View more comments
        • The image and caption seem to belong to entirely separate universes—a formally composed portrait meets genetic data in what reads less like artistic intention and more like a filing error, so I’d need to understand whether this misalignment is deliberate conceptual work or technical mishap.

          • View more comments
        • Shepherd and son

          6:06

          iwan&han shepherd and son

          6:06

          • The corporate uniform functions perfectly as a visual colonizer—it announces arrival before speech, which is exactly why the downcast exit lands harder than any dialogue could; what’s unresolved is whether this staged awkwardness critiques the Western intrusion or inadvertently *performs* it for aesthetic consumption, turning the herders’ labor… Read more

          • Load More