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Gaposchk, Anabella [Mariana Tres]

antoinette — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:12:51 -0700

Anabella Gaposchk was a 19th century artist who created photographs that appear to show celestial bodies such as nebulae and galaxies. Her images were actually made through a process of throwing white powders (sugar, baking soda) against a black background.

Abel, Alan

antoinette — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:58:22 -0800

Alan Abel (b. 1930) is a prolific contemporary hoaxster who refers to himself as a "professional prankster". Abel is perhaps best known for his creation in the late 1950s of a fictive organization called the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. SINA's expressed goal of clothing all animals for the sake of modesty afforded Abel a framework within which to put forward a critique of censorship. This initially light-hearted prank gained currency when it was picked up by the mass media and treated as a serious topic, making Abel an early media jammer.

Breitmore, Roberta (Lynn Hershman Leeson)

antoinette — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:07:12 -0700

Between 1974 and 1978, pioneering new media artist Lynn Hershman (now Hershman Leeson) created an elaborate alter ego for herself as Roberta Breitmore.

Circular River Project

byeongsam — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:53:09 -0700

Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Kahn's Circular River project (1998-99) is a fictive photodocumentary purporting to tell the story of a 1944 British "Royal Excavation Corps" expedition to Siberia in search of Peter Hesselbach, a downed German glider pilot.

Cottingley fairies (Elsie Wright + Frances Griffiths)

byeongsam — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:39:36 -0700

Beginning in 1917, two English girls, Elsie Wright (1901-88) and Frances Griffiths (1907-86), made a series of five photographs that purported to show them with real fairies. Although suspected as fakes from the outset, the controversy over their status continued for decades.