Toronto based visual artist and designer Interests: interdisciplinary design, visual communications, viral marketing, fashion, PR, web design, fine art, & print makingTumblr (3.0; @anakarenpalacios)http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/<a href="http://riccentre.ca/2012/03/should-start-up-companies-consider-leveraging-facebook-ads-within-their-marketing-toolkits/">On Social Media & Marketing</a>: <p>A publication on why should start-ups companies consider leveraging Facebook Ads withing their marketing tool-kits.</p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/19412128007http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/19412128007Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:01:00 -0400facebookmarketingsocial mediafacebook adsdigital marketingstartups<a href="http://www.interiordesignshow.com/">Conversations in Design (January 26 @ Metro Toronto)</a>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/16335140186http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/16335140186Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:40:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpvfpntse1r7zaayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Continuation of project, ‘Habituating Mexico’.</p> <p>(Photograph of performance)</p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/15757041672http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/15757041672Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:09:24 -0500narcotraficonarcotrafficNarcomensajenarcomessagenarco mensajeartartemexico<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lufb9vEef51r3epqxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In here, Lisa’s <em>street-installation</em>(street work) operates in the same manner that the victim’s heads are found</p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13995559832http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13995559832Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:33:41 -0500<p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.katharinemulherin.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=28&amp;Count=0" title='"Bite the Dust" #4' target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx6xpeXFv1r3cdjs.jpg"/></a><img align="top" alt="Bite the Dust#4" src="http://www.katharinemulherin.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=28&amp;Count=0"/></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>“For me, not being in direct contact with the victims or knowing precisely how or why they <br/> died, the drawings of their remains are primarily meant to be understood as metaphorical. <br/> I see the beheaded people as evidence of a sudden, cruel form of murder, but also a <br/> tangible reminder of the mystical unknown threshold between life and death. I have been <br/> close to death and have recovered from a life-threatening illness. The shadow of this <br/> experience has given me a fascination about death, and an ongoing puzzle to try and solve <br/> - why am I still here? Part of that puzzle is to confront, and in a way, to desensitize <br/> myself from the fearsome, awful aspects of the end of our lives. This enables me to see <br/> it more clearly, and to understand it more completely without the obstruction of fear.”&#8212;</span><span> </span><span>Lisa Neighbour.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Lisa Neighbour is a Toronto-based artist whose current work – disposed together in an exhibition titled, “Bite the Dust”&#8212; </span><span>enters the current discourse concerning the socio-political climate found in Mexico, in regards to the increased (drug) cartel-related violence.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Her drawings </span><span>arrive from the heads of victims, usually members of the cartel’s family or enemies, found along with narco-messages. Within the politics of the cartels, the heads are displayed as trophy; as a visual threat to other gangs, and the public in general. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>However, in Lisa’s drawings, the brutality of the violence stands in tension with a spectral sense of harmony. Evacuated from context, the victim’s head hovers by itself or in pairs in light </span><span>mitsumata paper</span><span>. The lack of background information allows the viewer to focus on the victim’s expression. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Having spoken with the artist for several times, she describes a calm moment where the victim remains out of reach from their transgressors and the violence.<span>  </span>I like to describe it as a moment of relief and (<em>imagined</em>) realization that it is over—an ecstatic moment before death. Amongst imagery that represent violent deaths, Lisa’s drawings echo the photography of French soldiers (taken between 1904 and 1905) of Fu-Tchu-Li’s death by lingchi or death by a thousand cuts. <span> </span>Here, the expression of Fu-Tchu-Li comes back on the faces of the cartel’s victims. <span> </span>Indeed, the serene quality of the drawings is embedded with a violent reality which takes the viewer by surprise. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.katharinemulherin.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=28&amp;Count=0" title="Exhibition Image" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx6ysErI41r3cdjs.jpg"/></a><br/></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>After visiting the exhibition, I believe that Lisa’s drawing touch on how the international community experiences these events at a distance. We know or may know about the violence and brutality taking place in other places, but the manner in which it is represented to us through news channels remains mediated. Yet, through these representations, one does hope to bring awareness to the present issue; and through the artwork, engage individuals in this discourse. </span></p></p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13956477025http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13956477025Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:52:00 -0500narcotrafficnarcotraficoartdrawingspoliticsfine artMexiconarcomensajeLisa Neighbournarcomessage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luly0twLMd1qmsx0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://melinasevilla.tumblr.com/post/12741910452/narcomensajes-by-teresa-margolles-amazing-work" target="_blank">melinasevilla</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Narcomensajes</em> by Teresa Margolles</p> <p>Amazing work, she embroiders text on cloth that has been stained with blood from the victims of drug related crimes in Mexico.  The text itself has been appropriated from messages and threats drug cartels leave around disputed territories or with the bodies of their victims.</p> <p>She also has made jewelry with glass fragments from windshields found in sites after cartel confrontations.</p> </blockquote>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13907052096http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13907052096Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:59:58 -0500narcotrafficnarco mensajenarcomessagenarcotraficoartarte<p>As the year comes to an end, I would like to share the artist statement that I followed for my print-work during 2011. The short stories will be published on my Tumblr during the upcoming weeks. </p> <p><br/><em>Habituating Mexico: A Record of Short Stories from 1900-present</em></p> <p>Habituation (our natural ability to learn to ignore stimulus) serves as a defense <br/> mechanism to cope with daily cases of corruption, crime, and violence.  Without <br/> habituation, these events make us feel uneasy about who and where we are.  When I reflect on my cultural background, I remember how often I’ve heard unpleasant stories of kidnapping, robberies, and other forms of assault. I thought about the stories that will not be heard due to secrecy, censorship, and sometimes indifference.  As well as these, there are regular reports and unfavorable rumors from the international group—also sometimes known as news.<br/><br/> As a means to never forget the stories that I’ve heard, I decided to create works of art that describe the images conjured up in my mind by those narratives; after all, an image tells more than any words.<br/><br/> As an artist, I am concerned with the tensions between the visible and invisible, as a strategy to discuss broader political issues. This project serves as a record of the stories (too many to be documented or covered by the press, whether local or <br/> international) of individuals who have suffered due to the escalating culture of violence brought about by narcotic trafficking in Mexico.  </p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13906733465http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13906733465Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:53:00 -0500Mexicoarteartist statementhabituationnarcotrafficnarcotraficopoliticsprintmakingnarcomessagenarco mensaje<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn7z1WmtB1r7zaayo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><div class="caption"> <p>NarcoMessage, Screenprint</p> <p>Copyright © Ana Palacios </p> <p>All Rights Reserved</p> </div>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13690151257http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13690151257Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:40:00 -0500artcartelfine artmexican artnarco mensajenarcomessageprintscreenprintnarcotrafficnarcotrafico<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvk0a7hyRR1r7zaayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="asmillerGalleria_caption">La Mano con Ojos, Screenprint</span></p> <p>Copyright © Ana Palacios </p> <p>All Rights Reserved</p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13615666430http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13615666430Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:01:00 -0500cartelsmexican artnarcotrafficprintsscreenprintnarcotraficonarco mensajenarcomessage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjzwcmsLr1r7zaayo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="asmillerGalleria_caption">Purpose Ad: Organism Presentation Cards</span></p> <p>Copyright © Ana Karen Palacios</p> <p><span class="asmillerGalleria_caption">All Rights Reserved<br/></span></p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13615244547http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13615244547Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:53:00 -0500designpurpose adanimal abuse“Currently attending the Art and Art History, and Visual Culture and Communication joint programs at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College.”http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13614026793http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13614026793Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:28:13 -0500<a href="http://www.anapalacios.co.cc">Ana Palacios </a>: <p>Personal Webpage</p>http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13613667620http://anakarenpalacios.tumblr.com/post/13613667620Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:20:54 -0500