Interview by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014
Stanka Koleva, a Bulgarian photographer based in Berlin for the last six years, told me over email that she would like the interview to take place in Tempelhof, an abandoned airport that is now a public park …[read on…]
Article by Linus Ignatius – in Berlin; Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014.
Dance guru Ryan Heffington is a bit of a shape-shifter. Despite the flamboyant neon sportswear and signature handlebar moustache he is often seen sporting, the most striking thing about him is the playful, devilish look in his eye…[read on…]
A few months ago I was tutoring a university student from Freie Universität on writing essays in English. At some point, after the lesson was over, we began talking about…[read on]
Next in a long line of venerable organizers, Canadian-Colombian writer and curator Juan A. Gaitán was appointed as this year’s curator of the 8th Berlin Biennale for…[read on]
Interview by Kate Brown – in Berlin; Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014.
Berlin-based Rachel De Joode examines the worlds of things in her recent show “The Molten Inner Core” at Neumeister Bar-Am,and will collaborate with artist Kate Steciw in a shop-style performance and installation for Gallery Weekend in May…[read on…]
Article by Anna Wallace-Thompson – in London; Tuesday, Apr. 01, 2014.
A recent retrospective of the Berlin-based performance artist in London marked 13 years of performative practice by Nezaket Ekici, including a three-day live performance and installation at Pi Artworks…[read on…]
Article by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014.
We currently exist in a highly performative time period enhanced, complexified, and rearranged by the Internet. Questions of localized identity, sexuality, and aesthetics are all thrown onto a flat neoglobalized plane of subjectivity. Yung Jake discusses the conception of Tumblr, the role of the artist as…[read on…]
Interview by Xandra Popescu – in Berlin; Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.
The work of Yugoslav born artist Tanja Ostojić has piqued my interest many years ago. Her work draws inspiration from her own experience as a non-European Union citizen, a traveller and female artist…[read on…]
Interview by Göksu Kunak – in Berlin; Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013.
In the lecture performance I Dreamed a Dream: Politics in the Age of Mass Art Production (2013), writer and artist Hito Steyerl introduces us to the new Misérables of our era, while asking the pertinent question: Why are there so many art projects today? The absurdity of funding applications, the condition of the wretched who wait to be chosen or the link between museums and firearms…[read on…]
Article by Yvette Greslé – in London; Sunday, Oct. 29, 2013.
UBERMORGEN was founded in 1995 by the artist duo lizvlx and Hans Bernhard in Vienna, Austria. The duo’s first exhibition at Carroll/Fletcher, userunfriendly, is an excellent opportunity to reflect on conceptual art practices that, since the 1990s, have explored software art, pixel painting, computer installations, net.art and digital activism (media hacking)…[read on…]
Article by Marta Jecu – in Lisbon; Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.
The recently opened 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennial, Close, Closer, aims to question the borders of the discipline, open it toward immediate civic use and a reactive criticism and distill the comprehension of architecture into that of a vital spatial practice correlating to the quotidian. With its luxurious and deserted charm…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill, photos by Stephanie Third – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013.
In September, Absolut Art Bureau awarded two prestigious prizes for Art Writing and Art Work to Coco Fusco and Renata Lucas. The awards are part of a wider initiative by the Swedish vodka company to invest in contemporary art. Absolut’s Art Manager Saskia Neuman spoke to us about…[read on…]
