Article by Sarah Messerschmidt // Mar. 18, 2019
Aki Aora, a residency programme in Tulum, Mexico, cultivates a particular focus on the local, aiming to include, and possibly even highlight, those working at the regional level…[read on]
Article by Johanna Hardt // Mar. 15, 2019
Cao Fei’s film ‘Prison Architect’ uses the physical space of the prison as a metaphorical complex to reflect common understandings of freedom and captivity. More than presenting the prison as an actual site of…[read on]
Article by Sarah Messerschmidt // Mar. 13, 2019
Stephanie Hier often refers to the adage “falling down a rabbit hole” to describe lapses of time spent trawling the internet. The phrase, seemingly off-the-cuff, also describes her own work as…[read on]
Interview by Lucia Longhi // Mar. 01, 2019
Ewa Juszkiewicz’s work stems from a substantial failure in the history of art: the portrayal of women. Rather than the depiction of a person, portraits of women – especially in the Renaissance – were a composition…[read on]
Interview by Johanna Hardt // Feb. 19, 2019
When was the last time you took a moment to close your eyes, breathe in deeply and listened to what is around you? This question is not an unfamiliar one. It is often wielded by those that like to remind us…[read on]
Article by Sarah Messerschmidt // Jan. 31, 2019
‘For Your Eyes’ is Palestinian-American artist Jordan Nassar’s debut exhibition in the Middle East, with a solo show at Dubai’s The Third Line. Having grown up in New York City, Nassar’s works…[read on]
Interview by Rebecca Partridge // Jan. 25, 2019
The work of artist Florence Peake flies in the face of conservatism. Literally. Wet slopping clay, hurled across the gallery. Her practice morphs between performance, painting and sculpture and though…[read on]
Interview by Celia Wickham // Jan. 22, 2019
Tannaz Motevalli is an interdisciplinary Baltimore-based artist, whose work focuses on bodies of language, desire and identity. Her practice is highly autobiographical and shaped around her experiences of living with chronic…[read on]
Interview by Marta Jecu // Dec. 14, 2018
The European identity remains without any concrete basis: the geographic indicators shift, the idea of the centre enters into local folklore and the monuments indicating it corrode…[read on]
Interview by Diane Barbé // Dec. 11, 2018
It’s early evening on a rainy Saturday in December. In the studio space of HAU2, four women are sitting in a semi-circle, arranging their notes, checking audio and video connections for their upcoming panel…[read on]
Interview by Romily Alice Walden // Nov. 27, 2018
Baby Punk + Dr. Babuyoka collaborate in a multidisciplinary live performance that fuses rap, video, hip hop and spiritual ritual. During their performance, video footage of conspiracy theorists and sea…[read on]
Interview by Romily Alice Walden // Oct. 12, 2018
When living in a production-oriented society that prioritises profit over quality of life, taking the time to care for our communities is a disruptive act. This disruption is the focus of the work of Feminist…[read on]