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Non-weddings (2002) was the first artistic Google Hack for Image Search.

It was inspired by a drawing by Jacques Lacan in
"L'instance de la lettre dans l'inconscient" (1957, in Ecrits, Editions du Seuil):




This drawing by Lacan was actually proposed as a replacement of Ferdinand de Saussure's representation of the relation "signifier / signified":



Here is a list of my favorite couples. Try them:

to be / not to be
death / woman
god / sex orgy
sens / jouissance
boticelli / merguez
art / money
pope / meteorite
...


George Bush / Saddam



www.vnatrc.com / www.unbehagen.com



gnafron / molinier

     

(.v.n.a.t.r.c.?.net.)

George / Laura
Gwyneth / Osama
Lacan / Kristeva
theory / fun
(Rhizome.org)

slampoetrypictures / sense
unbehagen / christophe bruno
(slampoetrypictures.de)

salad / calamity jane
sex / hlm
phone / aztek
aids / terrorist
jfk / drawing
donald duck / cnn
pc / mac
picasso / basquiat

     

(jimpunk)

bill gates / madonna
heaven / hell
(sim)

porno / queen
war / peace
technology / society
(lan-chi lam)

elvis / goat
(Adrian Pawley)

online / sleeping
music / delivery
(Dave Allen)

hey / this is fun
identity / identify
action / .com
spell / relief
miss / stir
call / collect
home / less
AAA / AA
free / postage
try / this
try / don't
cry / reality check
check / is in the mail
a/b / a/b = 1
fuck/intercourse / talk/intercourse
fuck / talk
save / copy
delete / now
are you sure / yes
more / later
when / soon
why did you do it like that / perl
:) / (:
(NewTxtDoc)