Half of the Brazilian flag is blacked out with oil, its green colour progressively devoured by black. Titled ‘From Abstract Orders to Material Progress’ (2010–2011), it is one of the…[read on]
Oil, that black viscous substance trapped in reservoirs below the earth’s surface, is burned in the blink of an eye but takes millions of years to form. 70% of the “black gold” powering…[read on]
We spoke with Alex Cecchetti about his walk-based project ‘Sentiero’ that can be experienced in the unique setting of the Dolomites, a Unesco World Heritage Site, until September 25th…[read on]
Biotech artist Diana Scherer creates artificial biotopes to grow her root art using soil, seeds, light and subterranean templates from both natural and man-made patterns. The roots follow…[read on]
For the feature topic ‘Slow,’ Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin created a “quiet and suggestive black and white photo essay on the inevitable passing of time and its effects and traces.”…[read on]
Andrea Fourchy’s canvases in ‘Bachelors’ at Société are drawn from the golden age of post-war cinema and glossy magazines when Jet Set 1.0 ruled the skies. Looming over all others amidst…[read on]
“Stillness does something … this is not just downtime, it is about cultivating an attitude of rest,” says Victoria Stanton in our interview about doing nothing as art practice…[read on]
One of the lessons documenta fifteen might, despite itself, teach us this year, is that internationalism does not exist. Like the academic concept of interdisciplinarity, the…[read on]
E-Werk Luckenwalde decided to slow everything down. The curatorial team made use of the circumstances brought about by the pandemic to begin a program of sustainable…[read on]
As the summer heats up and the art world winds down, we will also focus on what it means to slow down or do nothing. This month I will be talking to Victoria Stanton, a Montréal…[read on]
‘Fakes, Fictions and Forensics’—the first in ‘Gossip Gossip Gossip’s’ ongoing series of events—reconsidered gossip not as “empty talk,” but rather, as emancipatory reappropriation…[read on]
We are delighted to feature John von Bergen as the first contributor to our artist’s Photo Essay series. This series will be related to our feature topic, which until the end of June is…[read on]
