"Homage 8653" by Irene Mamiye

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Ended:May 14th 2018, 10:30pm EDT

Winner: eli.d

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The Prize

"Homage 8653" by Irene Mamiye

Dye sublimation print on aluminum

30" x 30"

Irene Mamiye is a New York based conceptual artist.

About the Homage Series: "Instagram promises democratic exposure for visual artists. It offers freedom from a reliance on the gallery as a gatekeeper of the art world. But, freedom at what cost? Companies like Instagram and Facebook manufacture a unique economy of users, all working as unpaid freelancers for the platforms that they help to populate. In our post-commodity culture, images in the form of posts represent a closed loop of exchange, whereby levels of engagement are subsumed by the word “like” as an icon of approval. With these new works from my Homage series, I confront the relentless circulation of images on social media. Through the screenshot, I amass exhaustive collections of Instagram posts, culling the endless variations on perceived subjective quirks and co-opting them into collective digital portraits. By appropriating these shared images into new works, I am interrupting the closed loop of exchange and highlighting the exploitation inherent in its initial creation. By resurrecting the poor image, as posited by Hito Steyerl, I recontextualize the infinitely circulated jpeg as an object commodity once again, thereby subverting the platform’s social network."

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The Cause

Two compassionate teens volunteering their time started The Special Children's Center (The Center) in 1996 with the mission to provide children and adults with developmental disabilities the opportunity to maximize their growth and development while enhancing their families' ability to nurture them within the support of the local community.

The Center offers unique and exemplary services that provide round-the-clock, year-round services at any stage of a special child's life.

Under our caring home away from home, special needs children thrive upon individually focused and therapeutically guided attention. Our teachers, trained aides and volunteers  use creative resources to stimulate optimum individual growth and achievement to help every child and adult maximize their independence so that they can lead a fuller and more productive life within the family and the community.

With love and nurturing attention, special children smile and find their inner essence. They are able to  reach higher and conquer more challenges. We aim to see them succeed. We love them and watch them soar.

We get to know all the children and their families. We develop a close relationship that enables us to facilitate what is right for each child and each family. But more than this, our mutual concerns and love for each child, bond us for life. We are in this together.

As the children grow up, new needs develop. The Center provides continuing support, including transition services. Families with special children are never alone.

Website

thecenternj.org

Item #L4899

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