Network Drawings and Conspiracy Constellations

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World Finance Corporation and Associates Mark Lombardi

Laurie Reid makes non-digital organic network diagram drawings in natural colour palettes. Familiar schemas appear – apparent digital cartographies and biological cellular groupings representing connections between neurons or IP addresses depending on your position.

Mark Lomabardi (1951-2000) explored the complex relationships between global finance and government to chart scandalous activities producing works of art that at first glance seem to be abstract constellations.

‘The conspiracies were not hypothetical or imaginary ones, but real ones like Iran-Contra. To do this, Mark pulled together hundred of facts from mainstream publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, and L.A. Times, cross referenced them on index cards – he had around 14,000 of them – and then laid out the schemes using carefully composed flow charts. His medium of choice: graphite on paper.’

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