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Author Archives: axel stockburger

COSPLAY — EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE

By axel stockburger | Published: April 13, 2012
“What is society? I have answered: Society is imitation”[1] Gabriel Tarde The text you are about to read accompanies an artistic research project that belongs to a wider investigation into the complex field of relations between theoretical and artistic production. Thus it seems necessary to clarify its status in relation to the works of art *** read more ***
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Research in China – WUXIA

By axel stockburger | Published: February 23, 2011
Between October and December 2010 I was awarded an artist residency by the b:mukk in Chengdu, China. Studio Chengdu, Sichuan, China WUXIA Initially i asked myself whether it would be possible to identify narratives or media franchises that originated in China and would feed back into the global film or game universe. I began to *** read more ***
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Research in China 2 – COSPLAY

By axel stockburger | Published: February 23, 2011
At first I came in contact with organised cosplayers in China at the new campus of Chengdu`s Jiatong University when i attended a convention in November 2010. I was told that the South Jiatong University would be harboring a group of cosplayers who were among others, making costumes and impersonating characters derived from Wuxia influenced *** read more ***
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Language-based expert knowledge in contemporary mass media narrative franchises

By axel stockburger | Published: February 23, 2011
Axel Stockburger’s current artistic work is focused on contemporary mass media narrative franchises such as the Harry Potter series, Pokémon or Lord of the Rings. Stockburger is fascinated with the global reach of these fabricated mythological universes and especially with their capacity to translate into and adapt to a variety of specific local settings. At *** read more ***
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