Inspired by the intricate structure worn by the singer to last week's Grammy Awards, Evanston's
ICARCH Gallery has just announced a competition,
A House for Lady Gaga . . .
The more she hides, the more she exposes. And vice versa.
We reflected on the strange dialectics between hiding / exposing, as illustrated by Lady Gaga. Quite often she seems to want to hide away... her hair, her masks, her veilings betray a very high interest in hiding, in concealing...
Even her use of umbrellas, when outside it is sunny...!?
And the fact that quite often she hides her face behind her hand, when photographed (as if she is guilty of something, almost like Adam in the famous painting by Masaccio "Adam and Eve banished from Paradise"), does show the same thing... and the meaning of her video Paparazzi seems to be the same: an intense. almost neurotic questioning of the violation of privacy that contemporary life seems to be unable to avoid.
The competition joins a roster of similar imaginings of houses for everyone from Chopin, Eric Rohmer and the Egyptian God Anubis. The entry fee is 50 bucks, 25 for students . . .
payable by PayPal to admin@icarch.net. We will display all the works received on our website: www.icarch.net. We will display all the works received on our website: www.icarch.net. We will also forward them to Lady Gaga, for her consideration.
From this point on, you're on your own.
Inspired by the intricate structure worn by the singer to last week's Grammy Awards, Evanston's ICARCH Gallery has just announced a competition, A House for Lady Gaga . . . 
3 comments:
What a neat idea. Thanks for sharing.
I think we could do something with that spire hole for her...
I've been looking around and this website seems a little shady... "based" in chicago, payment in euros, website registered from romania, paymet to "DJ Andrews" in romania..., no prize...
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