Abjection often conjures images of horror—filth, ugliness, death—in their most visceral, corporeal form. Yet what we tend to neglect are abject forms of the mind…[read on]
French feminist philosopher Julia Kristeva opens her 1980 essay on abjection, entitled ‘Powers of Horrors,’ as follows: “There looms, within abjection, one of those violent, dark…[read on]
Béla Pablo Janssen’s ‘Theater der Sonnenzuwendung’ is, on just about every level, an invitation—not only to see, but to inhabit. Filling out both floors as well as…[read on]
Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey’s three-part performance, ‘Did4luv’—a tragicomic dance solo performed by each of the dancers—debuted this month at Sophiensaele’s Tanztage…[read on]
Since 2021, Feireiss has been a visiting professor for transdisciplinary artistic education at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), where he launched a series of discursive encounters in…[read on]
A dense mound of soil has risen from the glossy floorboards of the Guggenheim Bilbao. Framed with clean lines, not a speck of dirt out of place, this site-specific installation—Delcy…[read on]
Alexander Basil has created a cosmos. His instantly recognizable style and established color palette implicate the subject matter in a process of calm and sure scrutiny. Central to this cage…[read on]
Entering a new year, we revisit a previously featured topic that remains pertinent for many reasons: wellness pervades our thinking about not only ourselves and our bodies…[read on]
Mark Leckey’s solo show at the Julia Stoschek Foundation, ‘Enter Thru Medieval Wounds,’ feels haunted from the moment you enter (through a medieval wound, of sorts). The air…[read on]
“Freedom Forever USA” read the postage stamps, applied like bandaids to affix vast sheets of paper together. The sheets make up a monumental collage by Kara Walker, presented…[read on]
Ghosts drift through our screens, books and memes, from Netflix’s Addams Family reboot ‘Wednesday’ to ‘Nosferatu’ via ‘Caspar.’ While dominant in popular culture,…[read on]
