1. [RARE EARTH SCULPTURES] - (Neodymium 2011)

http://energypangea.org/neodymium.html

During the later part of the 18th Century amidst the Industrial Revolution, developments in the coal and iron industries ended thousands of years worship of the sun in replacement with modern capitalism’s two hundred year long insurrection against the creator of all life on earth. When the coal and iron industries diminished during 1900’s the earth’s rebellion against its creator was far from over. New industries in crude oil and rare metals arose to continue the perpetual drilling, digging and unearthing of the rebel energy sources.

The Small Maitreya Solar Cross is both a sacred and ancient symbol of adornment to the sun’s immense power and to bespoke, high-end products of consumer culture which point their middle finger at the sky. At its retail price of £682.50 it is a shrine to the precious metals that lay within the earths crust. The bearded dragon which sits next to the Solar Cross presents another paradox. She basks underneath a neodymium lamp in captivity whilst her wild relatives are threatened in their natural habitat due to global warming.

120bpm does more than move the dance floor; this repetition, this constant meditation on these subjects asks for one thing; We want the Sun back.

E N E R G Y⋮P A N G E A 2011

http://energypangea.org/

2.

Beyoncé With Elongated Skull (2010)
Sculpture
POST.CONSUMER.CULT
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From the press release : Beyoncé With Elongated Skull @ New Gallery London 2010
http://www.newgallerylondon.co.uk/new_gallery_londo_1./Beyonce.html

Beyoncé With Elongated Skull
Presented by Iain Ball
Curated by Ben Vickers
Presented by DIETER KLOSS

The matter at hand is that within our alternate reality mind bubbles, we are not considering the actual physical experience that other beings are having in this world. We do not see that when some one starves, it is part of the whole starving and that one being starving, implies that the whole does not exist in equilibrium and harmony. That the whole is not existing as it should, commonsense is that when part of the whole is compromised the whole itself is compromised and thus each of ours lives is compromised and is not what it should be.?
-Desteni Universe

Depicted through the aesthetic form of advanced knowledge, a result of the ritualized process of organic cranial deformation. The resurrection of a previously sexualized form, gives rise to a reassessment of the streamed imagery we are fed daily.

From the outset we find ourselves stood at the logical endpoint of our current trajectory, to the point of absurdity. Beyond fetishism our ability to consume has been over taken by the auratic quality of the products of our time, the ability to choose has been undermined by the ritualized celebration of our new deities.

The vision presented to us here exists in a state of constant provocation, a backward glance that seeks to illuminate the nihilism inherent in our current endeavours.

The suggestion is posited throughout Balls practice that the hardware we have unwittingly merged with, is corrupted. Despite the romanticised and ergonomic forms the future has presented us with there is an alertness in the work that questions the ease by which we have been seduced by the aesthetics of the now.

Displayed here in a post consumer scenario, at a fixed altar, an offering is placed before our new queen. Future generations fuse with the individual robed child, rented for the purpose presentation, the work transforms itself into the status of symbol, an icon for our projected future that is analogous with the present.

3. PHILIPS 2013 (2010)
http://philips2013.org/

New cognitive fold builds on Vision 2010 gains; focuses on fuelling growth, increasing brand preference and Global Fixation.
Philips lays out updated aspirations for 2013.

Earth Function in 2010– Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today outlined its strategic 'Vision 2013' plan to further strengthen Philips' leadership in the domain of perceptual alignment. The company will detail its key priorities, market opportunities and investment focus areas for the coming years. Vision 2013 aims to fuel growth and bolster Philips' competitive position in key markets, benefitting all the company's stakeholders in a sustainable way. Today the world must be re-configured. Philips isn't going to be satisfied with the overlaying precedence of its competitors. What we are actually seeing here is the most dissident paradigm shift that has happened in the last five weeks. So if we are going to turn this Black Swan white we must first try to understand how it happened in the first place. During the early part of the 21st century brands started to re-think their role in culture after the great viscosity of the 2009 market eclipse. So as the environment changed the great giants of technology had to adapt to the overwhelmingly sordid and viscous womb lining of information into something which was perhaps more likely to have been birthed from the primeval forests in East Asia or in the technology of some pre-Sumerian ape race. According to Epistemologist Nassim Nicholas Taleb, almost all consequential events in history come from the unexpected - the rise of the Internet, World War 1, the discovery of Atlantis, September 11th 2001. It is only after these events have taken place that we convince ourselves that their occurrence has a logical explanation. These Black Swan Events are the virus in the blood of 'progress' and exist as metaphorical forks in the road between event and non-event. Whether such occurrences are hypothetical, actualized, de-materialized, de-realized or exist as a multitude of chance realities in a multiversity of corporate ideals and advertising it is perhaps somewhat irrelevant. The significance is the date – in the days which lead up to 2013 we stand in astonishment and quietly mouth the words "things will never be like this again".

So Philips created a marketing strategy, a narrative, a hypothetical situation based on the total de-realization of matter. Its reasoning was straightforward "information is growing like deforestation and we want to burn shit". In the days leading up to the year 2013 a series of myriad events begin to unfold as Philips unleashes its controversial new brand concept. PHILIPS 2013 has called on the worlds most polemic ideologies to join forces and celebrate what Philips is calling 'the continuation of everything'. The chosen date is seemingly a conscious effort to the dispel hysteria surrounding the end of the Mayan long count on December 21st 2012.

"It has become customary for Philips to periodically provide our stakeholders a roadmap of how we want the company to develop", Philips President and Chief Executive Officer Gerard Kleisterlee commented.

"Our plan for 2013 is an evolution of our Vision 2010 strategy-
Here at Philips we understand that the polarities which divide and separate our world cannot be resolved simply though the shared consciousness of the Philips ethos, nor can we expect to see a universally accepted faith in eco-capitalism and technology. The religious organizations, fringe faiths, alienated workers, atheists and cultural stereotypes that have joined us are by no means at a point where they are able to exist on equal terms but what they do share is a trust that Philips is able to aid them in their beliefs and secure a positive future in the year 2013." This bizarre, yet brave and unexpected move from the consumer electronics giant has been met with mixed response. For the most part it has been met with utter disbelief but for those institutions which have joined PHILIPS 2013 it has been described as "the only way out of our current situation".

Forward-looking statments

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Philips and certain of the plans and objectives of Philips with respect to these items. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

4. Those Men In Fruit / A SILENT Tremble (2009)

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