An arm of the ICI dedicated to the production of comfort-defying acts of boundary-crossing. Thin End of the Wedge has brought projects to unusual settings, combining an array of disciplines and materials to guide ‘inquirers’ through immersive experiences. Also known by its shorter name: The E of the We.
Kriwaczek, Rohan On the Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer: (And the Many Crimes of Tobias James) (2008) ICI Shelf: Current Project First Line: “The death of Amanda Palmer on May 13th, 2002 passed largely unnoticed by the wider world, initially at least.” Last Line: “Most sincerely, Tobias … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: On the Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer
Crowley, Aleister. Konx om Pax (1982) (reprint of 1907 edition) ICI Shelf: Paracelsus Last Line: “He had seen God, and died” ICI History: Today at the ICI — Twitter Feed (12-28-12)
Title: The Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan” Description: A hole in the earth that has burned continuously since 1971. In that year a group of geologists accidentally tapped into a deposit of natural gas. A hole quickly developed as the methane gas escaped from the … Continue readingEPHEMERA KABINETT: Gates of Hell
Dyer, Geoff Zona (2012) LAST LINE: “her eyes, her watching eyes, and her face and head, resting on the table, watching us watching her, fading to black.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (07-21-12)
The telegraph room at the Mundaneum circa 1930, Paul Otlet’s ambitious project to create a master bibliography of all the world’s published knowledge. His interest in collecting magazines, journals, photographs, posters and all kinds of ephemera and not just books mimics our own activities at … Continue readingMundaneum
Sebald, Dean and Warburg explore the power of the Archive.The Archive figured prominently in the ICI’s third title, Searching for Sebald: Photography After W. G. Sebald. In her essay that considered the work of Tacita Dean and Joseph Beuys through the prose fictions of W. G. Sebald, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes compares Dean’s Floh (2001) … Continue readingMnemosyne Atlas … Continue readingMnemosyne Atlas
