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by Michikazu Matsune and Naeem Mohaiemen
An insight into H.O.P.E. Archive #2. A series of photographs taken by Michikazu Matsune, accompanied by a chat between N. M. in Dhaka and M. M. in Vienna.
No. 078
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I love this image. It's one of my favorites.
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| Michikazu:
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Haha ...
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| N:
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It reminds me of as usual culture refs.
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| M:
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Creativity.
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| N:
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Greg Louganis book "Breaking The Surface" which was his post-olympic swimming career memorial plus coming out of the closet. Hence it was breaking surface, except it was reverse of diving into the pool, it was actually about coming out...out of the water, out of the closet, etc. http://www.sourcebooks.com/images/covers/9781402206665-m.gif I mean the decor here is uber kitsch and maybe a little bit like Michel Gondry's set decor for SCIENCE OF SLEEP.
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| M:
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Fantastic, isnt it? Also the head is towards up.
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| N:
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And her fashion sense is either hideously rich wife or thrift cool, cannot decide.
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I am surprised that the manequine could form this gesture.
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Well if you look at Louganis image, he also heads up and then flips over. Oh mannequins can do many naughty things if you put your mind to it. Ha. Not that I know anything about that of course.
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Haha ...
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There's a brilliant story in Rana Dasgupta's TOKYO CANCELLED about the Japanese (I think) man who is making obsessive love with his meticulously built doll.
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Yotsuya Shimon? Japanese love dolls.
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| N:
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Something like that.
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