Posts Tagged ‘Donald Trump’
Historical Vibe Shifts: An Interview with Soda Jerk
by Aurola Győrfy // Nov. 10, 2023
Soda Jerk is an Australian artist duo currently based in New York. Their films ‘Terror Nullius’ (2018) and ‘Hello Dankness’ (2022) are due to feature at the upcoming Interfilm Festival in Berlin…[read on]
Announcement // Pictoplasma Festival 2018
Article by Berlin Art Link in Berlin // Apr. 20, 2018
This May, the annual Pictoplasma Festival returns for its 14th International Conference and Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art, featuring a convergence of international artists, illustrators, filmmakers…[read on]
Nationalism // Artist of the Times: An Interview with Brian Whiteley
Article by Jess Harrison // Feb. 19, 2018
New York-based artist Brian Whiteley caused massive controversy when he anonymously installed ‘The Legacy Stone’ – better known as the ‘Donald Trump Tombstone’ – in Central Park on the morning of…[read on]
Nationalism // Rainer Ganahl’s ‘Ubu Trump’ at Spike Berlin
Article by Jess Harrison // Feb. 9, 2018
Taking place at Trump Tower and the Palace of Poland, Austrian-American artist Rainer Ganahl’s play ‘Ubu Trump’ employs an eclectic cabinet of characters, including President Donald J. Trump, Ivanka…[read on]
Truth // Dani Gal’s ‘Hegemon’ at Berlinische Galerie
Article by Jack Radley // Feb. 1, 2018
Israeli-born, Berlin-based artist Dani Gal’s most recent film, ‘Hegemon’, undermines the assurance of American power and military morality. Gal juxtaposes pedestrian visuals of one day in the nation’s capital…[read on]
Activism // ‘The Politics of Color’: Warren Neidich at Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Article by Claudia Grigg Edo in Berlin // Jun. 19, 2017
The most visually impressive work in Warren Neidich’s new exhibition, ‘Die Politik der Farbe’ – ‘The Politics of Color’ – is a huge cloud of words in bright neon tubing connected by arrows…[read on]
Performance // Laurie Anderson: The Language of the Future at transmediale
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Mar. 10, 2017
Building walls — the contemporary rhetoric exacerbated by Trump’s exhaustive twitter-feed — will no doubt go down in history as one of the most heated stories of our times. Seeping out of the internet…[read on]
Words // ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Fonts’: Christine Wang at Galerie Nagel Draxler
Article by Mitch Speed in Berlin // Feb. 20, 2017
Of all the heart-wrenching scenes I’ve witnessed in two years commuting between New Jersey and New York city, one of the saddest was that of two Donald Trump supporters demonstrating outside the tycoon’s…[read on]
Beirut // Shifting Power: An Interview with Marwan Rechmaoui
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Dec. 25, 2016
How can we capture and represent a changing world, caught in the moment of transition? In the work of Marwan Rechmaoui, a large floor-based black rubber map delineates the entire city of Beirut, sixty individual…[read on]
Migration // The Need for Solidarity: An Interview with Philip Aguirre y Otegui
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Nov. 30, 2016
I first encountered the work of Belgian-born Philip Aguirre y Otegui at this year’s Ireland Biennale, EVA International, being struck by his new installation ‘Cabinet Mare Nostrum’. Monotone blue, coffin-shaped boats…[read on]
Talks // Adam Harper ‘Music Today, Tomorrow’s Joys and Horrors’ at 3hd Festival 2016
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Oct. 28, 2016
Aside from their robust live program of electronic music, 3hd Festival 2016 also included a lecture by musicologist Adam Harper…Harper offered a contextualised view on recent trends in electronic music and put forward—in line with 3HD Festival 2016’s overarching theme…[read on]