When looking at this installation by Simon Denny, one would see simple images of newsprint, magazines, and the like, along with the remastered versions made by the artist. In this installation, Denny is working to appropriate older media as a way of bringing attention to real diseases in the world that are less well known. Denny is making an example of something normally considered as a different sort of art entirely. When looking at Denny's installation with the knowledge that it is about something more, one can see a new take on the old images that otherwise don't seem to have much in common with one another. Denny is making use of the Institution and it's system of social interation and speculation to give attention to important matters and is appropriating these news letters for the sake of grabbing one's eye.
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